# EDRi launches new resource to document abuses and support a full ban on spyware in Europe

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-01-21
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/edri-launches-a-spyware-document-pool-to-document-abuses-and-support-a-full-ban-on-spyware-in-europe/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52509
- Topics: Accountability, GDPR Article 5 Principles of Processing, AI and Machine Learning, Standardisation Bodies and Procedures for AI

## Summary

Spyware continues to spread across Europe despite years of scandals and undisputable evidence of fundamental rights violations. As the European Commission remains inactive, civil society, journalists and some lawmakers at the European Parliament are stepping up pressure for accountability. In this context, EDRi is launching a document pool to centralise resources that tracks abuse and support the growing push for a full EU-wide ban of spyware. The post EDRi launches new resource to document abus

## Full text

Spyware continues to spread across Europe despite years of scandals and undisputable evidence of fundamental rights violations. As the European Commission remains inactive, civil society, journalists and some lawmakers at the European Parliament are stepping up pressure for accountability. In this context, EDRi is launching a document pool to centralise resources that tracks abuse and support the growing push for a full EU-wide ban of spyware.

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