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November 29, 2023 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Civil society statement: Council risks failing human rights in the AI Act

In the run up to EU AI Act trilogue negotiation, 16 civil society organisations are urging representatives of the Council of the European Union to effectively regulate the use of AI systems by law enforcement, migration control and national security authorities in the legislation.

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May 9, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Regulating Migration Tech: How the EU’s AI Act can better protect people on the move

As the European Union amends the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) exploring the impact of AI systems on marginalised communities is vital. AI systems are increasingly developed, tested and deployed to judge and control migrants and people on the move in harmful ways. How can the AI Act prevent this?

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May 9, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Will MEPs ban Biometric Mass Surveillance in key EU AI Act vote?

The EDRi network and partners have advocated for the EU to ban biometric mass surveillance for over three years through the Reclaim Your Face campaign. On May 11, their call may turn into reality as Members of the European Parliament’s internal markets (IMCO) and civil liberties (LIBE) Committees vote on the AI Act.

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May 10, 2022 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Will the European Parliament stand up for our rights by prohibiting biometric mass surveillance in the AI Act?

On 10 May, EDRi and 52 organisations wrote to the Members of the European Parliament to ask them to ban the remote use of these technologies in publicly accessible spaces to protect all the places where we exercise our rights and come together as communities from becoming sites of mass surveillance where we are all treated as suspects.

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May 25, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Profiling practices

The AI Act: EU’s chance to regulate harmful border technologies

The AI Act will be the first regional mechanism of its kind in the world, but it needs a serious update to meaningfully address the profileration of harmful technologies tested and deployed at Europe’s borders.

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April 19, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Civil society urges European Parliament to protect people’s rights in the AI Act

In the run up to the AI Act vote in the European Parliament, civil society organisations call on the European Parliament to prioritise fundamental rights and protect people affected by artificial intelligence systems.

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April 25, 2023 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

As AI Act vote nears, the EU needs to draw a red line on racist surveillance

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act, commonly known as the AI Act, is the first of its kind. Not only will it be a landmark as the first binding legislation on AI in the world – it is also one of the first tech-focused laws to meaningfully address how technologies perpetuate structural racism.

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May 17, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI)

The EU must respect human rights of migrants in the AI Act

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard has sent an open letter calling on the Rapporteurs and members of leading committees on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to prohibit the use of certain artificial intelligence (AI) systems which are incompatible with human rights of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the AI Act.

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September 7, 2023 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI)

EU legislators must close dangerous loophole and protect human rights in the AI Act

Over 115 civil society organisations are calling on EU legislators to remove a major loophole in the high-risk classification process of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and maintain a high level of protection for people’s rights in the legislation.

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April 21, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

The European Parliament must go further to empower people in the AI act

Today, 21 April, POLITICO Europe published a leak of the much-anticipated draft report on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act proposal. The draft report has taken important steps towards a more people-focused approach, but it has failed to introduce crucial red lines and safeguards on the uses of AI, including ‘place-based’ predictive policing systems, remote biometric identification, emotion recognition, discriminatory or manipulative biometric categorisation, and uses of AI undermining the right to asylum.

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November 23, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

AI Act: What happens when lawmakers’ faces get scanned with face recognition algorithms?

EDRi member in Italy Hermes Center simulates face recognition on lawmakers to pressure them for a total ban of remote biometric identification (RBI) in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

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December 9, 2023 · Press releases | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

EU AI Act: Deal reached, but too soon to celebrate

On 8 December 2023, following over 36 hours of negotiations, EU lawmakers finally cinched a deal on the Artificial Intelligence Act. However, whilst some fundamental rights protections have been won, the overall Act has not lived up to its potential to put people and their rights front and center.

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