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1. EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:14:25 JST EDRi

   1/8 Between 9 & 11 Oct, 2⃣3⃣ activists from Greece, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Romania, Germany, Spain & France came to Brussels to:

   tell MEPs to ❌ reject the #CSAR proposal to prevent mass surveillance.

   https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

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   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:15:31 JST EDRi

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     • EU Home Affairs

     2/8 Public scrutiny is more important than ever!

     Recent scandals show that @EUHomeAffairs

     🎯illegally targeted people based on their religious & political views to manipulate public & political opinion in the states where govs opposed #CSAR: https://twitter.com/edri/status/1712769534191378779

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   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:15:54 JST EDRi

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     • European Parliament

     3/8 👁️ promoted surveillance industry interests in the #CSAR draft : https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-csa-regulation-who-benefits-from-the-eu-commissions-mass-surveillance-law/

     It's key that Members of @europarl_en hear from these activists & ensure everyone's digital security. https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

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   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:16:45 JST EDRi

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     4/8📢EDRi has been sharing legal & technical analysis on children's safety online since 2012, calling on EU lawmakers to ensure their #privacy.

     Now our concerns with the dangerous measures in #CSAR have been voiced by an extremely wide range of experts: https://edri.org/our-work/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time/

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   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:17:11 JST EDRi

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     5/8 EDRi supported the 23 activists to come to Brussels & meet with several dozen MEPs.👏

     📢They spoke as students, parents, tech experts & researchers about the:

     🔐importance of #encryption to ensure digital safety
     🛂risks of #AgeVerification to everyone's data protection

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   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 19:17:51 JST EDRi

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     6/8⚠️concerns about #DetectionOrders mandating #MassSurveillance

     Instead of implementing sweeping surveillance measures, we suggested:

     ➡️alternative, structural approaches to tackling the root of the horrific crime of child sexual abuse: https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf