EU negotiators are finalizing the #MediaFreedomAct. The next two weeks will determine if the content lives up to the title. Media freedom groups @globalfreemedia urge Parliament to stand firm. @EPCulture @EP_Justice Read about the key battlegrounds here https://t.co/7jbE7YbRcq

Next year almost 2 bn people will head to the polls, including voters in the US & the EU. How the media reports on candidates & parties will have a major impact on voters’ opinions. @evasimon_info & @jaschagala on why #mediatransparency matters in #EMFA https://t.co/dRkODB9zfO

We all should have the same rights online as we do offline. But the new @LibertiesEU ‘Online Civic Space Report’ shows this isn’t reality in the EU. 🧵/1👇

🚨The AI Act must protect the rule of law🚨 @LibertiesEU, @EUCivicForum, @enablingNGOlaw and 60+ other civil society organizations call on EU lawmakers to pass an #AIAct with robust safeguards for fundamental rights and the rule of law. Here’s what’s needed in the law. /1👇

🔔🔖#Report #SLAPPs #Europe SLAPPs targetting journos & activists are a growing threat to our right to speak, right to know & ultimately – our democracies! This report provides the most recent overview & analysis of the data we continue to collect. ➡️ https://t.co/SPxPGUZLCj

Gerade mal einen Tag hat das Bundeskanzleramt Verbänden eingeräumt, um zum neuen #BND-Gesetz Stellung zu nehmen. @ReporterOG und @freiheitsrechte sind empört. Sie werfen dem Bundeskanzleramt Geheimniskrämerei vor

"We rarely paint a picture of the future we want to create. But to mobilise your audience, you need to give them a vision to fight for, not just the doom and gloom you’re fighting against." @LibertiesEU @IdJButler unpacks the right messaging formula https://t.co/9WsVpdzv8M

The #advertising industry has more than 650,000 labels to target people. Reading through them reveals how even the most sensitive aspects of our life are monitored. EU-based data brokers play a vital role in this system. Reporting by @roofjoke https://t.co/ZxNcWkUXks

1/3📨#OpenLetter: 80 civil society, media, publishers and broadcasters organisations, and trade unions are calling on @EP_Justice to BAN #spyware deployment against journalists without exceptions in the European #MediaFreedom Act #EMFA Read the letter: https://t.co/84D06WQIOX

EPP fighting climate change.

🚨We welcome European Parliament’s (@Europarl_EN) decision to adopt a ban on abusive mass surveillance technology in today’s #AIAct vote. Whilst the ban on abusive surveillance is a welcome step in the right direction, this was not a wholesale victory https://t.co/7KPyG1V60a

Appeal to EU Member States: Do NOT use national security as a pretext to weaken the #EMFA via @efjeurope https://t.co/AX7ITRf5DD @FantaAlexx @hsc55 @LucaArfini @ChloBemy @Hackette7 @jpmarthoz @at_tgibson @willems_leon @ABThulstrup @mogensbb @tovecarlen @vditrapani @FrancesDiBi

❣️At Liberties, we believe everyone should be free to be who they are and love who they love.❣️ 🌈 But in Europe today, the LGBTQ2IA+ community is still struggling for the right to make their own choices, like being able to start a family or access gender-affirming healthcare./1

Von "arm" und "geschieden" über "fragile Senioren" und "Moms who shop like crazy" bis "spielsüchtig", "depressiv" und "Brustkrebs": Hier sind 650.000 Kategorien, in die uns die Werbeindustrie einsortiert. https://t.co/AxdSMCE2RJ

🔁 Did you see Liberties' monthly recap 🔁 May went something like this... ❌ EU must ban sensitive data in political ads 👀 EU's Defence of Democracy Package preview 📖 messaging guide for marginalised groups Don't miss out next month, sign up ➡️ https://t.co/8REVFpg7p5

1/4 Your race, sex life & religion are NOT for politicians to freely use to target you with their messages.🙅🏾‍♀️ BUT it seems that @EU_Commission & @EUCouncil don't mind it when targeted #PoliticalAdvertising is used to spread #disinfo, manipulate votes & deepen social divisions.

🗣 VIEW | As the GDPR turns five, certain EU lawmakers want to rip out some of its protections, so they can use our deeply personal information to tailor political ads and tip political elections and campaigns in their favour, Eleanor Brooks and Balazs Denes write.

For us at @LibertiesEU, the use of sensitive data is a red line. We urge the @EUCouncil to include a total ban on sensitive data for political advertising. /6 https://t.co/fYZHiHrcqJ

[Opinion] In some member states, free and independent journalism is nearing its final breath. By @jaschagala and @jonathanlday of @LibertiesEU

Our 2nd annual Media Freedom Report is out👇 ✨Another great team effort @LibertiesEU ✨🤗