<p>NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.</p><p>With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.</p><p>Read more about our report on Meta's surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/stopstalkerads/" rel="tag">#StopStalkerAds</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/adtech/" rel="tag">#adtech</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#gdpr</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#advertising</a> <a href="/tags/surveillancecapitalism/" rel="tag">#surveillancecapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#migrants</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> & <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#DataProtection</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.xwiki.com/@CryptPad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CryptPad</span></a></span> - Privacy-friendly FOSS online office suite (🇺🇳 UN recently started using it!)</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@cryptomator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptomator</span></a></span> - Lets you add E2E encrypted folder to any online cloud</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/@ToSDR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ToSDR</span></a></span> - Summarising small print of online services, grades privacy-friendliness</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@librewolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librewolf</span></a></span> - Web browser emphasising privacy, forked from Firefox</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@briar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>briar</span></a></span> - Messenger app designed for maximum privacy</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>privacyint</span></a></span> (main) & <span class="h-card"><a href="https://media.privacyinternational.org/accounts/privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> (videos) - NGO campaigning for privacy</p><p>🧵 1/6</p>
<p>🚨 BREAKING 🚨</p><p>53 experts and civil society groups call on the UK government to scrap proposals that'll remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by AI.</p><p>The Data Bill MUST keep the right to human review!</p><p>Read our open letter ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/duabill/" rel="tag">#DUABill</a> <a href="/tags/peoplenotmachines/" rel="tag">#PeopleNotMachines</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/databill/" rel="tag">#DataBill</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/</span></a></p>
<p>Last night, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> was in conversation with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mariafarrell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mariafarrell</span></a></span> to mark ORG's 20th birthday.</p><p>This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making to copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights.</p><p>Plus much more!</p><p>Missed it live? No worries, you can watch it in full on Youtube 📺</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6</span><span class="invisible">io</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/org20/" rel="tag">#ORG20</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrights</a> <a href="/tags/corydoctorow/" rel="tag">#corydoctorow</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#bigtech</a></p>
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<p>So that was 2024 and this is ORG’s annual review ✨</p><p>It was a year when it became increasingly clear why we need digital rights and ORG was there to bang the drum.</p><p>From Data Bills to Prevent. From e-Visas to data profiling for ads and AI. From predictive policing to an election…</p><p>Here’s the round-up ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/digitalrightsarehumanrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrightsarehumanrights</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrights</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofexpression/" rel="tag">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-review-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-review-2024/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/o</span><span class="invisible">rg-review-2024/</span></a></p>
<p>NEW REPORT: UK Political Parties' canvassing apps threaten voter privacy with security vulnerabilities and commercially owned infrastructure.</p><p>Data is driving elections, deciding how to focus efforts and target messaging. We lose in a data arms race.</p><p>Read more ⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politicalparties/" rel="tag">#politicalparties</a> <a href="/tags/labour/" rel="tag">#labour</a> <a href="/tags/conservatives/" rel="tag">#conservatives</a> <a href="/tags/libdems/" rel="tag">#libdems</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#DataProtection</a> video accounts to follow:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://peertube.dair-institute.org/accounts/dair" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dair</span></a></span> - Non-profit organisation trying to burst the hype bubble that is surrounding AI/LLM corporations, and draw attention to unethical practices in the tech industry<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://media.fsfe.org/a/fsfe/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://media.fsfe.org/a/fsfe', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://media.fsfe.org/accounts/fsfe', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsfe</span></a></span> - Free Software Foundation Europe official video account (not affiliated with FSF in America)<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://media.privacyinternational.org/accounts/privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>privacyint</span></a></span> - NGO campaigning for privacy as a human right<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/accounts/openrightsgroup', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openrightsgroup</span></a></span> - UK NGO promoting civil liberties online</p><p><a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
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<p>mailbox takes a clear stance against chat control</p><p>On 14 October, the EU Council will vote on the CSA Regulation – legislation that would require email and messaging services to automatically scan private messages. Without cause, without suspicion.</p><p>Together with other European tech companies, we've signed an open letter.</p><p>More in our news article: www.mailbox.org/en/news/chat-control-theres-no-such-thing-little-backdoor/</p><p><a href="/tags/stopchatcontrol/" rel="tag">#StopChatControl</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#DataProtection</a> <a href="/tags/chatcontrol/" rel="tag">#chatcontrol</a> <a href="/tags/stopscanningme/" rel="tag">#stopscanningme</a></p>
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