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Feb 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1/4🛑The @Europarl_EN must BAN #EmotionRecognition & #AI polygraphs in the #AIAct.

'Emotion recognition' technologies are built on a chilling history of racism.

Along with biometric categorisation, these segregationist systems are the hidden face of #BiometricMassSurveillance. Mass surveillance of people...
2/4 MEPs need to prohibit systems from detecting or inferring emotion on the basic data about our appearance or behaviour.

🙅🏾‍♀️These systems are based on racist pseudo-science & should not be allowed.

Read more from @ellajakubowska1 & @VidushiMarda: edri.org/our-work/emoti…
3/4 #FacialRecognition is used to assess if people are:

🛂‘deceptive’ about their immigration claim
🧑‍💼good employees
💸suitable consumers
📚good students
🤔likely to be violent & more.

This tech necessitates constant surveillance to make intrusive & arbitrary judgments about us
4/4 The tech’s inherently flawed & dangerous assumptions about people endanger our rights to privacy, freedom of expression & right against self-incrimination.

The EU must not legitimise them by giving them a place on the European market.

It’s time to ban emotion recognition.

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Oct 3, 2023
1/12 At EDRi, we hear from people whose life depends on their digital safety every day.

✊These are journalists, land defenders, women activists, sex workers & ordinary people who value their privacy.


BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Claire Fernandez, executive director of EDRI (European Digital Rights) speaks at the opening of the EDRI event, Ecryption in the age of surveillance on 26 September 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Ecryption in the age of surveillance event in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Ecryption in the age of surveillance event in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Ecryption in the age of surveillance event in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
2/12 1⃣ It's impossible for technology to fix deep societal issues.

@EPFL_en's @carmelatroncoso pointed out that policymakers who drafted the CSA Regulation #CSAR imagined technology that does not exist & will never do.

#CelebrateEncryption edri.org/our-work/event…
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Carmela Troncoso, assistant professor at EPFL, gives a speech during the event organised by EDRI (European Digital Rights), Ecryption in the age of surveillance on 26 September 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
3/12 2⃣ Encryption is an empowering tool that enables us to enjoy our basic rights.

@CommissionerHR @Dunja_Mijatovic shared that end-to-end encryption is indispensable if we want to protect the security of communications for everyone online.
edri.org/our-work/event…
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 26: Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, gives a speech via videoconference during the EDRI (European Digital Rights) event, Ecryption in the age of surveillance on 26 September 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Omar Havana for EDRI
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Sep 4, 2023
🚨An extremely wide range of experts have warned against the misguided & dangerous measures in the @EU_Commission's Child Sexual Abuse Material Regulation #CSAR. See the summary below. ↩️

Like this thread and pass it on!🧵

#StopScanningMe Is this Draft EU law the most criticised of all time?
🚨Survivors-representative group @MOGiS_en warns that the proposal will harm survivors & other young people. ⬇️
🤚🏽Child sexual abuse survivor Alexander Hanff warns that the #CSAR will discourage survivors from seeking support. @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/data-p…
Alexander Hanff, a former victim of child abuse, disagrees. He openly criticised the provision, arguing it will deprive victims of channels for confidential counselling. “It will not prevent children from being abused, it will simply drive the abuse further underground, make it more and more difficult to discover it. It will ultimately lead to more children being abused,” Hanff said.
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Oct 19, 2022
🇨🇮 Breaking news from Ireland: @ICCLtweet latest investigation shows no one can be protected by making the internet less secure.

Data supports EDRi’s new position paper, denouncing #CSAR proposal as having naïve faith in tech as a silver bullet.

edri.org/our-work/break…
2/ In 2020, from all referrals of #CSAM the US NCMEC sent to the Irish police ⚠️ just 20% were actually CSAM & less than 10% were actionable. Nevertheless, the Irish police❗️kept the data on people wrongfully accused.

Check the evidence: edri.org/our-work/break…
#StopScanningMe
3/ The proposed #CSAR is a fishing exercise. It'd treat all internet users in the EU as potential child sexual abuse perpetrators. Guilty until proven otherwise.🤷‍♀️

➡️EDRi publishes today its #CSAM position: edri.org/our-work/a-saf…
#StopScanningMe #ChatControl 👏@ellajakubowska1
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Oct 10, 2022
1/6 📢Today the @EU_Commission's @YlvaJohansson is presenting the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation #CSAR to the Members of the European Parliament @EP_Justice. #KeepItSecure

➡️Our take: edri.org/our-work/johan…

📹LIVE now: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… The CSA Regulation will fai...
2/6 In the name of protecting children, the EU wants to surveil people’s private messages.

🙅🏾‍♀️The verdict is: everyone is guilty until proven innocent.

They suggest using dangerous tech that will undermine #encryption & block people from accessing legitimate online services.🔓
3/6 UN’s top human rights authority confirms that privacy keeps everyone safe.

This includes journalists, human rights defenders, minoritised groups & children.

Without privacy, young people facing abuse online & offline won't be able to use safe digital spaces to seek help.
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Sep 7, 2022
1/5 🚨OUT NOW: @edri's new paper flags high risks of over-policing in new EU law #PrumII: edri.org/our-work/new-e…

@EU_Commission Prüm II proposal threatens to create an EU-wide facial recognition system providing NO safeguards for people from state overreach & #MassSurveillance. A map of Europe showing cross-border access to various types
2/5 What happens if @EUCouncil gets their way?

👮👀For you to own a car & drive, you have to agree that your face & info are used for policing purposes across the EU. Your data will be added to a system that's supposed to be for suspects of serious crimes, like terrorism.
3/5 We would no longer be able to walk freely on our streets as the new law would assume everyone is a 👮criminal before proven otherwise.

“When EU law interferes with fundamental rights, EU law must also provide appropriate safeguards,” shares @je5perl from EDRi member @itpof.
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Sep 6, 2022
1/4 In 2021, millions engaged with EDRi’s campaigns. 💪🏾

Through coalition building, social media, mailings, training webinars & press releases, we successfully mobilised against biometric mass surveillance & for a #TrackingFreeAds internet.

Read more: edri.org/annual-report-… "Technologies such as facial and emotional recognition
2/4 @ReclaimYourFace campaign covered 18 EU countries while coordinating one of the most politically powerful #ECIs. With national wins in Italy, Portugal, Germany & Serbia, we set the political agenda & mobilised for a ban on biometric mass surveillance.

edri.org/annual-report-… "Millions are given to private facial recognition compa
3/4 With the #PlatformPower campaign, we raised awareness of the structural issues around BigTech’s business model & its impact on our lives.

We built a strong coalition & documented our actions on a newly launched website platformpower.eu.

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