February 1, 2024

Workshop: “Dis/Mis-information and Young People”

The Dis/Mis-information and Young People: Developing Strategies for Critical Media Literacy is part of the Cumberland Lodge Youth and Democracy project.

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September 7, 2021

Automating Injustice

Join Fair Trials on 9 September to discuss their new report, Automating Injustice, on the use of these systems and their harmful impact. Speakers with first-hand experience of the harm these systems cause, experts on AI and automated systems in criminal justice, and leading European policymakers will be joining the event.

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September 21, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

59% of polled EU citizens decry anti-terror upload filters. You should too.

Following disruptions due to the COVID-19 crisis, the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the Terrorist Content Regulation are resuming this week.

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September 7, 2021

FIfF Conference 2021 – Self-determination in digital spaces

Because you only see those in the light, you can't see those in the dark. Self-determination in digital spaces, Munich, 12.-14. November 2021

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December 1, 2021 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Algorithmic persecution based on massive privacy violations used to justify human rights abuses, says new report

More than 13,000 Turkish military personnel have been dismissed since July 2016 on the basis of an algorithm used by the authorities to assess the alleged “terrorist” credentials or connections of military officers and their relatives in violation of multiple human rights, says a new report published today by Statewatch.

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November 10, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

Artificial intelligence – a tool of austerity

This week Human Rights Watch published a much-needed comment on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation. As governments increasingly resort to AI systems to administer social security and public services more broadly, there is an ever-greater need to analyse the impact on fundamental rights and the broader public interest.

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January 27, 2023

Psychosocial Circles Now Open!

Team CommUNITY is happy to announce the Spring enrollment of three psychosocial “circles” - a series of weekly virtual private gatherings, led by mental health professionals, that provide digital rights defenders with the opportunity to process experiences and emotions, while learning adaptive coping mechanisms, and connecting with others facing similar challenges.

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June 13, 2018 · On the ground

12 days of digital rights in Brussels. Was it Christmas?

This article is a short story about my participation in the Brussels exchange programme.

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September 13, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Platform regulation

Scroll more, sleep less. A Black Mirror-inspired truck in Warsaw advertises a disturbing social network… that doesn’t exist

Panoptykon’s campaign is being launched after the DSA has become fully effective with regard to VLOPs on 25 August. To comply with the new regulation, cybergiants must, among other things, introduce changes concerning their additive algorithms which they use to personalise users’ feeds. They must now explain how those algorithms work and offer at least one recommender system not based on tracking users’ personal data.

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March 6, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Bits of Freedom launches campaign on DSA user rights

EDRi member in the Netherlands Bits of Freedom has launched a campaign to bring attention to user rights addressed by the European Union's new digital law, the Digital Services Act. On the brand new website, that engages civil society, you can find guidelines on how to enforce your own platform rights.

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January 27, 2023

Workshop: Digital participation and digital rights in the European public space: a focus on youth.

This session brings together perspectives on citizens' digital participation, with a specific focus on young people and digital rights in the European public deliberation forum.  

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September 13, 2022

BEUC conference: To empower, not to weaken: Rethinking consumer protection in the digital world

Join the event on 27 September 2022 in Brussels to discuss how we can rethink consumer protection in the digital age.

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