EDRi tells EU Commission: enforce digital rules better, don't simplify them
EDRi responded to the European Commission's Digital Fitness Check consultation, warning against using 'simplification' to weaken AI and data protection safeguards.
Summary
EDRi says on its website, in an entry dated July 16, 2026, that it replied to the European Commission's call for views on the Digital Fitness Check. According to EDRi, the rights-based digital framework built up over the years remains fit for purpose. It argues that the Commission should not simplify the protections people hold under it, and should instead concentrate on enforcing the rules more strongly and closing gaps.
EDRi states that only this route will let the EU keep leading in building a digital environment that benefits people, democracy and innovation alike. The post sits within a feed of EDRi material on artificial intelligence, which shows the group's wider position on related files.
That feed records several other pieces. On June 11, 2026, EDRi said that the AI Omnibus deal reached on 7 May 2026, presented as technical simplification of the AI Act, delays key protections and weakens transparency, and it urged the European Parliament and Council to reject it. In April, an open letter backed by 41 organisations and experts asked the Commission, Parliament and Council to reject the AI Omnibus, and another letter from 35 organisations pressed the AI Office to set up its Advisory Forum.
The latest entry, from October 8, 2026, discusses a plan in Austria that would let authorities issue binding decisions through AI systems without human review. Epicenter.works, a member group of EDRi, wrote to parliament in an open letter on the subject.