Tag: European Commission
How the Digital Services Act could hack Big Tech’s human rights problem
Tech companies are exercising enormous power without taking sufficient responsibility to safeguard our rights, leaving us prey to abuse. The Digital Services Act is a chance for the EU to establish clear responsibilities for private actors and hold them to account, while ensuring our rights are protected.
Terrorist Content Regulation: the fight for fundamental rights isn’t over
Ahead of a meeting of shadow rapporteurs in the trilogue discussions on the EU Terrorist Content Regulation, we provide recommendations to ensure the final text remains in line with human rights standards.
Future EU-US data transfers? EU must push back on the US’s surveillance game
Access Now and the American Civil Liberties Union are calling on the European Commission to press the United States to reform its surveillance laws, so that any future instrument for EU-US data transfers complies with EU law and withstands judicial scrutiny.
Access Now welcomes European Commission’s call for stronger enforcement of the GDPR
On June 24, the European Commission presented its report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation.
LEAK: Kommission drängt Großbritannien auf “hohen Grad an Übereinstimmung” bei DSGVO-Überprüfung
LEAK: Commission pushes UK for ‘high degree of convergence’ in GDPR review
Access Now’s written comments to the European Commission Data Strategy Consultation
Access Now’s answers to the European Commission Data Strategy consultation’s survey
Misguided “solution” to terrorist content will have bad consequences for our rights
In the European Union, a Regulation to address terrorism-related content is nearing the end of negotiation, but it still relies heavily on automated measures without sufficient transparency or accountability safeguards built in to protect Europeans’ fundamental rights.
