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Explore how the European Union's current deregulatory agenda threatens to dismantle a decade of digital rights protections in this conference talk from 39C3. Examine the EU Commission's shift from addressing bureaucracy to pursuing widespread deregulation, starting with Mario Draghi's competitiveness report and evolving into systematic rollbacks of sustainability laws, human rights protections, and digital rights frameworks. Analyze specific threats to the digital rights landscape, including the May 2024 deletion of GDPR's record-keeping requirements for processing activities, which eliminates companies' obligations to track what personal data they collect and process. Investigate the November 2024 "Digital Simplification Package" omnibus legislation that proposes major revisions to data protection rules, data governance frameworks, AI regulations, cybersecurity incident reporting requirements, and protections against cookies and tracking technologies. Learn about upcoming reforms to EU net neutrality rules through the Digital Networks Act scheduled for December. Understand the political forces driving these changes, including influence from the EU Commission, member states, industry stakeholders, and international political figures. Discover strategies for resistance and advocacy to protect digital rights in the face of this deregulatory trend. Gain practical knowledge to better inform and equip yourself for fighting back against policies that threaten established digital protections, with speakers Thomas Lohninger and Ralf Bendrath providing analysis and hope for effective opposition to these regulatory rollbacks.
