Tag: European Union

How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants
The #ProtectNotSurveil coalition analyses a proposed reform of the Europol agency which will increase unlawful surveillance against migrants.

Platform accountability: a rule-of-law checklist for policymakers
In this report, Access Now proposes a rule-of-law checklist to enable states to enact platform accountability regulations that are fit for purpose and protect human rights.

Five years for fundamental rights: Access Now’s vision for an EU digital rights agenda
As the EU’s new 2024-2029 mandate begins, we invite EU policymakers to join us on our mission of defending and extending digital rights of people and communities at risk around the world.

Surveilling Europe’s edges: detention centres as a blueprint for mass surveillance
In the third and final part of her blog series, Caterina Rodelli examines how EU migration policies and detention practices on the island of Samos are strengthening the EU’s wider, permanent mass surveillance infrastructure.

Surveilling Europe’s edges: when research legitimises border violence
In the second part of her blog series, Caterina Rodelli explains how EU-funded research projects on border surveillance are legitimising violent migration policies in Greece.

Surveilling Europe’s edges: when digitalisation means dehumanisation
In the first of a three-part blog series, Caterina Rodelli explains how digital surveillance is dehumanising people at Europe’s borders.

Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance
The EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum ushers in a deadly new era of digital surveillance, expanding the digital infrastructure for an EU border regime based on the criminalisation and punishment of migrants and racialised people.

Joint statement – A dangerous precedent: how the EU AI Act fails migrants and people on the move
The EU AI Act falls short in the vital area of migration, failing to prevent harm and provide protection for people on the move.

Open letter to the European Data Protection Board: Oppose “Pay or Consent models”
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) must confirm the incompatibility of “Pay or Consent” models with fundamental rights.

Why the EU’s new political advertising rules won’t protect the next European elections
The EU recently approved new rules intended to make political advertising more transparent. But will they deliver in time for June’s European elections?