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Microtargeted Political Advertising Must Be Transparent and Respect Privacy

Liberties published a policy paper on solutions for regulating micortargeted political advertising. This paper focuses on solutions that we need in order to properly tackle the problem caused by microtargeting in the online ecosystem.

advertising , online advertisment , digital rights , transparency
December 07, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Liberties Network Launches Campaign to Get Impact Analyses of Covid-19 Tracing Apps in 9 EU Countries

Liberties members in 9 EU countries filed Freedom of Information requests to their national authorities regarding the new contact-tracing, symptom-tracking and quarantine-enforcing applications introduced to control the spread of Covid-19.

right to privacy , #humanrightsundercorona , digital rights , Digital privacy , #trackthetrackers
June 08, 2020 • LibertiesEU
EU’s Plan to Stop Online Terrorist Content Threatens Our Rights

​What’s free speech and what’s illegal content? We shouldn't let automated tools make the final decision, but that’s exactly what the EU's draft law on preventing online terrorist content does.

antiterrorism , digital rights , Free Speech
April 21, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Rights Organizations Warn about Unlawful Data Exploitation in Popular Apps

Liberties is leading a second outreach on the GDPR violations adtech industry is committing. Based on new evidence, Liberties members and partners are urging national data protection authorities to stop rights violations.

Digital privacy , FixAdTech , digital rights , data protection
March 04, 2020 • LibertiesEU
​More Transparency Needed During Copyright Debate

The European Commission should be fully transparent as it creates guidelines for implementing the new Copyright Directive, which should include safeguards for fundamental rights.

copyright , Implementation , digital rights , upload filter , freedom of speech , Free Speech
January 14, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Quiz: Digital Rights in Numbers for 2019

Data is king and this is especially true for online advertisers. Are you aware of the vast amounts of data we give away for free to advertising technology companies in return for invading our privacy? Try our quiz to find out!

#YourDataYourBusiness , digital rights , FixAdTech , StopSpyingOnUs
December 20, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Protecting Online Privacy – Why Every Voice Matters

The online advertising industry systematically violates users’ privacy. Liberties has launched a petition pushing for changes — here’s our explainer about the problem and what we’re doing about it.​

FixAdTech , digital rights , #StopSpyingOnUs , #YourDataYourBusiness , StopSpyingOnUs
November 25, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Policy Paper: A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe

Here is how the European Union could become the global leader in human-centric digital transformation.

digital rights , Open Society Foundation , PolicyPapers , #PolicyPapers , Advisory
September 30, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Austria Proposes Censorship Law to Ban Anonymous Online Comments

The draft law is intended to tackle hateful comments on online forums, but digital rights advocates and opposition politicians call it a direct attack on fundamental rights and the freedom of the internet.

censorship , digital rights , internet , online , Free Speech , hate speech , Privacy
April 25, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Copyright Directive Passes, But Fight Against Upload Filters Isn’t Over

The European Parliament has passed a new copyright regulation promising to give content creators fair pay for their work, but a controversial part of the law also threatens free speech and the free and open internet in Europe.

copyright , Free Speech , internet freedom , censorship , Article 13 , digital rights
March 26, 2019 • LibertiesEU
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