CalandielNov 13
EDRi

Europe’s digital rights are on the chopping block.

We - 127 CSOs & trade unions - are sounding the alarm over the European Commission’s forthcoming #DigitalOmnibus proposals.

Behind “simplification” lies a deregulation agenda that threatens the EU's digital framework - GDPR, ePrivacy, AI Act, DSA & DMA - the very laws that keep our data safe, hold govts & corporations accountable, prevent AI from determining our life chances, & protect us from mass surveillance.

✉️ : https://edri.org/our-work/forthcoming-digital-omnibus-would-mark-point-of-no-return/

Nov 13 at 8:21amWeb
Show threadEDRiNov 13

What’s being presented as a “technical streamlining” is, in reality, a covert dismantling of Europe’s strongest digital safeguards.

In its current form, the Digital Omnibus would:
🔴 weaken ePrivacy rules ➡️ more tracking
🔴 undermine the AI Act ➡️ less oversight
🔴 hollow out the GDPR ➡️ companies mark their own homework
🔴 shift power from people ➡️ to tech & state actors

Show threadEDRiNov 13

This could be the biggest rollback of digital rights in EU history, pushed through opaque processes that sidestep democratic oversight.

If the EU genuinely wants to help businesses comply, it should support enforcement and provide guidance, not dismantle the frameworks that protect people and provide legal certainty.

📣 Fundamental rights are NOT “red tape": we urge the @EUCommission to defend, not dismantle, the laws that keep people at the centre of Europe’s digital future.

Show threadErik Play2LearnNov 14
@edri @EUCommission How are democratic processes sidestepped? How does the EU defend itself against such sidestepping efforts?
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Nov 13

@edri

It's a declaration of war from the far-right authoritarian "Commission" against EU citizens.

#fightfascistseverywhere

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Show threadReayNov 13
@edri @yogthos
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Show threadUlrich JunkerNov 18
@edri simplification is not an objective per se. It consists in replacing means for achieving objectives by simpler means for achieving the same objectives. However, if a change of procedures impacts the objectives, then this change of procedures is NOT a simplification AT ALL. Therefore, speaking of simplification is completely misleading here!