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On 19 November 2025, the Commission is set to propose two new digital laws: the Digital Omnibus, which will amend multiple existing laws in one go. These would be accompanied by a ‘digital fitness check’, an evaluation led by the European Commission that will assess the effectiveness of current EU consumer protection laws in the digital environment. The evaluation will lay out a future roadmap for even more digital deregulation – with dozens of other laws designed to ensure platform accountability and protection people online reportedly being considered for the chop.

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The cornerstones of human rights in the digital age – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy framework – are set to be significantly weakened exposing all of us to abuses of our personal data and unchecked tracking online. And the AI Act, which hasn’t even fully come into force, would be stripped down of already inadequate protections, whilst vital provisions – like penalties – are delayed. All these steps would punish the companies that want legal certainty and to play by the EU’s rules, while rewarding those that want to ‘innovate’ with our rights, freedoms, and natural resources.

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Along with 126 civil society and union organisations, [the European Digital Rights Group EDRi] urges the Commission to course-correct by halting the Digital Omnnibus plans. Collectively, we further urge them to respect the EU’s democratic mechanisms and to fight powerful actors who do not want to play by the EU’s rules. “The EU’s tech policy framework is the best defence we have against digital exploitation and surveillance by both domestic and foreign actors”, [EDRi] warns.

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[Edit for typo.]