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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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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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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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September 20, 2023 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

EU lawmakers must regulate the harmful use of tech by law enforcement in the AI Act

115 civil society organisations are calling on EU lawmakers to to regulate the use of AI technology for harmful and discriminatory surveillance by law enforcement, migration authorities and national security forces in the AI Act.

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July 12, 2023 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Civil society calls on EU to protect people’s rights in the AI Act ‘trilogue’ negotiations

As EU institutions start decisive meetings on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, a broad civil society coalition is urging them to prioritise people and fundamental rights in this landmark legislation.

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November 30, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Civil society calls on the EU to put fundamental rights first in the AI Act

Today, 30 November 2021, European Digital Rights (EDRi) and 119 civil society organisations launched a collective statement to call for an Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) which foregrounds fundamental rights. 

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December 8, 2023 · Open letters | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

NGOs and experts warn AI Act negotiators: don’t trade our rights!

On 8 December 2023, 70 civil society groups and 34 expert individuals sent an urgent letter to the Council of EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to urge them "Do not trade away our rights!" in the final trilogue (negotiation) on the landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

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June 1, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

From ‘trustworthy AI’ to curtailing harmful uses: EDRi’s impact on the proposed EU AI Act

Civil society has been the underdog in the European Union's (EU) negotiations on the artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. The goal of the regulation has been to create the conditions for AI to be developed and deployed across Europe, so any shift towards prioritising people’s safety, dignity and rights feels like a great achievement. Whilst a lot needs to happen to make this shift a reality in the final text, EDRi takes stock of it’s impact on the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). EDRi and partners mobilised beyond organisations traditionally following digital initiatives managing to establish that some uses of AI are simply unacceptable. 

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March 23, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

EU AI Act needs clear safeguards for AI systems for military and national security purposes

EDRi affiliate ECNL presents the second set of their proposals on exemptions and exclusions of AI used for military and national security purposes from the AIA, also endorsed by European Digital Rights (EDRi), Access Now, AlgorithmWatch, ARTICLE 19, Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Panoptykon Foundation. 

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March 1, 2022 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Civil society calls on the EU to ban predictive AI systems in policing and criminal justice in the AI Act

40+ civil society organisations, led by Fair Trials and European Digital Rights (EDRi) are calling on the EU to ban predictive systems in policing and criminal justice in the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA).

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December 9, 2021

The EU AI Act: Where Do We Stand After the EU Council Position?

The Brussels Privacy Hub gladly announces the Webinar on "The EU AI Act: Where Do We Stand After the EU Council Position?"

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June 14, 2023 · Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

EU Parliament calls for ban of public facial recognition, but leaves human rights gaps in final position on AI Act

The final EU Parliament position upholds all of the fundamental rights demands which were added at committee level. Despite efforts to overturn it, the final position also maintains the committees' strong stance against biometric mass surveillance practices. But it is disappointing that the plenary missed the opportunity to increase protections when it comes to empowering people affected by the use of AI and the rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

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