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Digital Freedom Fund
aka DFF
The Digital Freedom Fund financially supports strategic litigation in Council of Europe member states that advances human rights in digital contexts, covering issues like facial recognition, algorithmic discrimination, surveillance, and online censorship. It offers two grant tracks: litigation track support (average around EUR 45,000) and pre-litigation research (average around EUR 25,000). Since 2018 it has approved nearly 150 grants totaling over EUR 5 million to roughly 90 organizations in 30 countries; its most recent call ran December 2025 to February 2026 with the next expected in late 2026.1,2,3
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strategic litigation (facial recognition, algorithmic discrimination, surveillance, online censorship), pre-litigation research.
Typical sizeLitigation track ~EUR 45,000 avg (range EUR 3,000-100,000+); pre-litigation research ~EUR 25,000 avg; ~EUR 800,000 annual budget across ~20 approvals/year
CadencePeriodic calls; most recent cycle Dec 2025-Feb 2026, next expected late 2026