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Monthly update on human rights & tech: March 2024
The Dutch government continues to struggle with algorithms, a DSA awareness campaign and more: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: February 2024
Internet freedom advocates, European media corporation takes on Big Tech ad kings, and the Dutch registry goes Canadian: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: December 2023
Election results, re-thinking security and political advertising: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: November 2023
The difficulty of proving algorithmic discrimination, Parliament protests (again) against client-side scanning and more: these are…
Space to be and to become: Privacy as the foundation for growth
For the DFF’s essay series Digital Rights are Charter Rights, we wrote an essay on article 7: the right to private and family life. An essential right for personal growth.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: October 2023
A secret terrorism watch list, government pressured to reject client-side scanning, and the DPA looks into generative AI: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: September 2023
The umpteenth social media monitoring fail, Meta ordered to hand over user information, and storm Poly teaches government a valuable lesson about social media: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the sixth in a series.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: June 2023
Criticism piling onto Dutch mass surveillance plans, GDPR lows and highs, and a vigilant Parliament speaks out against client-side device scanning: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the fifth in a series.
Monthly update on human rights & tech: May 2023
Good and bad news for Dutch surveillance powers, and a promising position on the AI Act: a quick read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the fourth in a series.
GDPR-compliance research within the ten largest municipalities
Bits of Freedom has done research on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-compliance within the ten largest municipalities of the Netherlands. Unfortunately, most municipalities scored a failing grade, despite the fact that the GDPR has celebrated its fourth anniversary.
8 new rules that will protect you from online platforms
At the start of 2024, the Digital Services Act (DSA) will come into effect. That means that there will be many new rules that will benefit users of platforms like Google, Instagram, and TikTok. We read the textRead the final text of the DSA here! –which has just been final–which has just been finalized– and list 8 rules that will soon protect your rights from online platforms.
Preliminary report on the tooling of the European digital rights field
Between June and July 2022 we interviewed 10 civil society organizations about their use of digital tooling. With still a number of interviews to go, we wish to report back on our first findings in order to allow for early and easy feedback. This report, therefore, offers a summary of our first findings.
What’s going on in Brussels?
A quick overview of the EU legislative proposals we are involved with, and what to expect.
Hooray! We freed the data of millions of people from the clutches of the secret services!
Hooray! We freed the data from millions of citizens from the clutches of the secret services!
We filed a complaint against the secret services on behalf of millions of citizens
We filed a complaint against the sercret services on behalf of millions of citizens