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Apr 12 4 tweets 2 min read
1/4 🚨Times of crisis must NOT be an excuse for undermining human rights!

In the closed-door #DigitalServicesAct negotiations, the @EU_Commission proposed a “crisis response mechanism” that would give itself the powers to unilaterally declare an EU-wide state of emergency. "DSA: Politicans introduce last-minute 'crisis response
2/4 In that state of emergency, the Commission would be able to force online platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to interfere with the right to free expression and the dissemination of information online. Hardly any checks and balances, no time limits.
3/4 At a minimum, the mechanism must:
🗣️require ex-post consent by @Europarl_EN
⏳include time limits for emergency powers
✋limit its use to serious threats to the EU only, not localised emergencies
⚖️ensure transparency of process when deciding any crisis mitigation measures
4/4 @edri & 15+ organisations urge the @Europarl_EN to ensure that the new crisis mechanism respects international human rights law and is bullet-proof against future abuse.

READ & SIGN our statement: edri.org/our-work/publi…

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Apr 12
[1] European Parliament negotiators call for a prohibition on predictive policing!🔥

As reported in @euractiv, leads on the #AIAct @brandobenifei + @IoanDragosT call for a full BAN on #PredictivePolicing, a key demand of civil society:

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edri.org/our-work/civil…
[2] In an interview with @BertuzLuca, #AIAct negotiators highlight that the draft report contains a ban on predictive policing.

[euractiv.com/section/digita…]
[3] Speaking to @clothildegouj at @politicoEurope, @IoanDragosT says that predictive policing violates the presumption of innocence.
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Mar 1
1/4 📢 Today, @EDRi, @fairtrials & 40+ civil society organisations urge the EU to ❌ BAN AI predictive & profiling systems in law enforcement & criminal justice in the #AIAct.

Check out our statement & spread the message 🔃 edri.org/our-work/civil… Children playing on a playground within a transparent bubble
2/4 AI systems are used to profile people & areas, predict crime & assess the likely ‘risk’ of criminality.

This leads to undemocratic practices like surveillance, stop & search, fines, questioning, arrest, detention, prosecution & civil punishments like denial of welfare.
3/4 🚨AI can exacerbate structural imbalances of power & often harm the most marginalised in society.

The data law enforcement & criminal justice use to build & run AI systems result in the over-policing, disproportional surveillance & imprisoning of racialised groups in Europe.
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Sep 21, 2021
1/5 🚨 Today is European day against #Islamophobia!

Many Muslims are subject to discrimination, oppression & abuse because of anti-terrorist & surveillance policies in Europe, disproportionately targeting them as a threat to security.
2/5 ❌ The EU's 2020 Counter-Terrorism Agenda uses a flawed narrative that more surveillance is needed to guarantee security. This will only increase the over-policing of Muslims through data-sharing & biometric mass surveillance.
3/5 ➡️Read @ENAREurope's report about the impact of counter-terrorism law and policy on racialised groups in Europe: dro.dur.ac.uk/33090/1/33090.…

📣 Instead, the EU should emphasise and detail measures to support & promote the protection of #HumanRights, #Equality & #RuleOfLaw.
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Sep 21, 2021
1/8 🙅‍♀️ Debiasing AI is not a silver bullet! 🙅🏾‍♂️

EDRi's latest report by @AggieBalayn & @sedyst from @tudelft shows that EU policymakers must STOP framing AI harms as technical flaws in the design of the AI systems, which can be fixed by using tech or "debiasing" solutions. "Beyond Debiasing. Regulating AI and its inequalities&q
2/8 The report explains why AI inequalities are a much more complicated problem than just a system design issue.

🔥To make a real difference to the experience of marginalised groups, lawmakers need to view AI in the wider context of structural discrimination, inequality & power.
3/8 ❌ Failing to recognise the complexity of #AI’s impact on the broader political economy, risks giving even more power & control to #BigTech.
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Apr 21, 2021
📢Today @sarahchander and @ellajakubowska1 takeover the @edri twitter account to give you their first impressions of the #EUAI Regulation as soon as it is out! Stay tuned for the latest impressions from civil society.
We're here! We'll be watching the press conference here and sharing our thoughts:

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Apr 19, 2021
📢 It’s time to debunk narratives that the #TERREG will effectively fight terrorist content. In reality, it wouldn’t protect anyone from terrorism & it would censor marginalised groups.

Its proponents are making these false claims to support its adoption in the @Europarl_EN ⬇️ Image
"Member States are free to determine their competent authority, as long as it acts independently and in a non-discriminatory manner."

❌Lack of mandatory judicial authorization & review of orders by national authorities to remove content online means erosion of the rule of law👇
❌To censor content within 1 hour, without prior judicial authorisation will lead to excessive, arbitrary or discriminatory interference with fundamental rights.
❌Systemic violations of the rule of law and fundamental rights concerns the EU as well: europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…
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