Eleanor Brooks (She/Her)

Writer & blogger ( music journalist @TechnoMotz, ex law student, traveller and muller of thoughts.

[Liberties.EU @LibertiesEU]

🚨 Human rights defenders (HRDs) & CSOs are increasingly under attack in Europe.

But how can we protect them?

📢 Liberties has partnered with a coalition of CSOs calling for an EU-wide protection ecosystem for #HRDs and CSOs, co-created with stakeholders.

Learn more ⬇️

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📢 @LibertiesEU Rule Of Law report 2024

👉the most extensive independent shadow report
👉the 5th edition since 2019
👉by 37 civil society orgs from across the EU

🔴 Governments shrug off democratic oversight & protests widely restricted in 2023

More #RoLReport2024 insights /1

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🔎Transparency in online content moderation is essential in a healthy democracy.

Under the #DSA, the @EU_Commission requires providers to submit a transparency report to enable scrutiny.

@LibertiesEU & @EPDeu took part in the public consultation on the report's template ⬇️
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🍻Democracy Drinks 21.09: Online Activism: Danger, Disinformation & the DSA
w/special guest & #DigitalServicesAct expert @JJaursch of @snv_berlin

📍 Liberties & SNV HQ, Ebertstrasse 2, 4th floor, 10117 Berlin
📆 18- 20, Thurs 21.09

RSVP now ➡️ https://t.co/Jmbq4T0b0e

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🚫Arbitrary blocking online platforms violates human rights

@EmmanuelMacron hinted blocking social media in response to civil unrest in 🇫🇷. But this is not permitted under DSA.

Liberties & 66 organisations seek confirmation from @EU_Commission
➡️https://t.co/V0uwZZT1Js

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📢 Just in - @EP_Justice has adopted its opinion on #EMFA

💪 We're happy to see that MEPs heeded media freedom, journalists and human rights groups including @LibertiesEU and voted to strengthen the protection of #journalists + their sources & keep editorial independence intact.

[@sinead_ryan @sinead_ryan]

Such a brave lady. And to those she calls out - shame on you. Were it your sister, daughter or mother, I suspect you would react differently.

[Liberties.EU @LibertiesEU]

Liberties's @orsireich and SNV's @pegahbyte discussed AI & human rights.

Their take on the AI Act: shift to concrete human rights protection is positive, but risk-based & self-certification approach gives AI companies too much power.

Read the summary
➡️ https://t.co/TfFKJxhsUB

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⏰ Coming soon: Liberties' latest explainer newsletter looking at different types of democracy
Sign up ➡️ https://t.co/kY9gx4XMPn

We'll cover:
⛏️ EU govs chipping away at checks & balances
🤡 Autocratic democracies (not real democracy)
✍️ Fairness of elections in Europe at risk

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Yay 🎉 #AIAct adopted with a full ban on biometric mass surveillance - without exception. 👏

Thank you, @Europarl_EN MEPs 🙏

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🌈When we are free to come together to discuss the issues that matter to us, free to walk the streets to demand change, free to tell our stories, shame is replaced by love, affirmation and support.

🏳️‍🌈 Together, we can create a world where everyone is free to be themselves.🏳️‍🌈/END

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❣️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

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🔁 Time for Liberties' monthly recap 🔁

May went something like this...
❌ calling on the EU to ban sensitive data in political ads
👀 preview of EU's Defence of Democracy Package
📖 messaging guide on the rights of marginalised groups

Sign up now ➡️ https://t.co/NgLzYJRu9m

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Dear @EU_Commission & @EUCouncil,

Do you really want to celebrate #GDPR’s 5th birthday by allowing politicians to use sensitive data for #PoliticalAdvertising?

Hands off from our race, sex life & religion to save our freedom to vote.

#MyDataMyVote - sign up if you agree

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⏰ The countdown is on to Democracy Drinks Berlin, happening this Thursday ⏰

Did you register yet? ➡️ https://t.co/8uhjmQxmkv

📖 NGO 'Foreign Agent' Law: Will the EU Follow Russia's Path?
🍻 Ritchie Café & Bar, Oranienstraße 174, 10999 Berlin
📆 18 - 20 , Thursday 11th May