Digital Rights Organizations
Nonprofit digital rights organizations fighting surveillance and defending encryption and free speech online through litigation and policy work. Who does what.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
United States · San Francisco
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1990, that defends civil liberties in the digital world.
Germany · Berlin
netzpolitik.org is a German media outlet dedicated to digital freedom rights.
United States
Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk.
United Kingdom · London
Privacy International, known as PI, has worked since 1990 to promote the human right to privacy worldwide.
Germany · Bielefeld
Digitalcourage e.V. is a German nonprofit association based in Bielefeld.
France · Paris
La Quadrature du Net promotes and defends fundamental freedoms in the digital world.
United Kingdom · London
Open Rights Group, known as ORG, is a UK-based digital rights organisation.
Germany · Berlin
AlgorithmWatch is a non-governmental, non-profit organization based in Berlin and Zurich.
Netherlands
Bits of Freedom is a Dutch foundation, founded in 1999, that works on digital rights and privacy in a digitalising society.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is a membership organisation that defends and promotes civil liberties and human rights in Ireland.