European Digital Rights

European Digital Rights (EDRi) is a network of civil society organizations that defend rights and freedoms online. It does so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilizing people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organizations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world. Through its membership base of dozens of organizations across Europe, EDRi works to inform and enforce laws and policies in three main areas: (1) Technology and Society, which is primarily focused on the governance of artificial intelligence; (2) Platforms and Big Tech Power, which is focused on enforcement of European Union law seeking to regulate digital platforms; and (3) State Surveillance, an area that is focused on advancing secure and safe digital networks, communications and devices (including combating spyware), and contesting biometric mass surveillance. The award provides general operating support to EDRi.

European Digital Rights (EDRi) is a network of civil society organizations that defend rights and freedoms online. It does so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilizing people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organizations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world. The award supports "Tech and Society: a Civil Society Summit" in October 2024 that will center exchanges between nonprofit stakeholders working on technology policy and European Union leadership.

The European Digital Rights (EDRi) challenges private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. It does so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilizing people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organizations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world. Through its membership base of dozens of organizations across Europe, EDRi works to inform and enforce laws and policies in three main areas: inclusive technologies, which focuses on addressing the adverse impacts of artificial intelligence and other technologies; platform power, which includes work on government oversight of social media platforms and other powerful technology companies; and state surveillance, which focuses on privacy and data protection. The award provides general operating support to EDRi.