European Digital Rights (EDRi) is the largest European network defending rights and freedoms in the digital environment. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Brussels, it brings together over forty civil society organisations — including noyb, La Quadrature du Net and Bits of Freedom — to coordinate advocacy at EU level.

# Why they matter to us

EDRi is where European digital rights work is coordinated. When the Commission proposes a regulation on AI, encryption, platform liability or biometric surveillance, EDRi’s analyses and joint statements shape the civil-society response that Belgian decision-makers and Belgian MEPs will encounter in Brussels. For an organisation like BeLibre, EDRi is the natural relay between Belgian-level work and the broader European movement.

# Where we connect

• Shared agenda on encryption, platform regulation, AI accountability and biometric surveillance.
• A pipeline from Belgian-level concerns to EU institutions, and back again.
• A community of practice with the legal, policy and technical expertise to act at European scale.

# Find them

• Website: edri.org
• Member network: edri.org/our-network