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Daniel Leufer

Daniel Leufer

Senior Policy Analyst and Emerging Technologies Policy Lead

Daniel is a Senior Policy Analyst at Access Now’s Brussels office and Emerging Technologies Policy Lead. His work focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on digital rights, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, and biometrics. While he was a Mozilla Fellow, he developed aimyths.org, a website that gathers resources to tackle myths and misconceptions about AI. He has a PhD in Philosophy from KU Leuven in Belgium and is a member of the OECD Expert Group on AI Futures.

6-years-GDPR

Six years of the GDPR: Priced out of privacy

18 Nov 2024
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Six years of the GDPR: Priced out of privacy
18 Nov 2024
Six years of the GDPR: Priced out of privacy
UN Global Digital Compact

Why human rights must be at the core of AI governance

24 Sep 2024

Human rights are being sidelined in conversations around AI governance. Here’s how to re-center them.

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Why human rights must be at the core of AI governance
24 Sep 2024
Why human rights must be at the core of AI governance
2024 Joint civil society statement on cyber and human security

Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online

16 Sep 2024
Press Release
Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online
16 Sep 2024
Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online
European Commission AI Act

Generative AI and election disinformation: much ado about nothing? 

4 Jul 2024

In this bumper “year of elections,” alarm bells are being raised about the potential impact of generative AI in worsening election disinformation. But is this really the democratic disaster many are making it out to be, or is it a lot of fuss over nothing?

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Generative AI and election disinformation: much ado about nothing? 
4 Jul 2024
Generative AI and election disinformation: much ado about nothing? 
Ceasefire in Gaza

Artificial Genocidal Intelligence: how Israel is automating human rights abuses and war crimes 

9 May 2024

Israel’s war on Gaza has revealed how mundane, unsophisticated AI surveillance systems are being used to unleash the most dystopian, tech-driven horrors on Palestinians.

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Artificial Genocidal Intelligence: how Israel is automating human rights abuses and war crimes 
9 May 2024
Artificial Genocidal Intelligence: how Israel is automating human rights abuses and war crimes 
Image: AI's human rights impact

The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement

13 Mar 2024

Loopholes and exemptions: the EU has voted to adopt an AI Act that fails to protect people from harm.

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The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement
13 Mar 2024
The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement
AI Act

Human rights protections…with exceptions: what’s (not) in the EU’s AI Act deal

14 Dec 2023

The E.U. just agreed to (not quite a) deal on the AI Act. But what’s in it? What’s missing? And what happens now?

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Human rights protections…with exceptions: what’s (not) in the EU’s AI Act deal
14 Dec 2023
Human rights protections…with exceptions: what’s (not) in the EU’s AI Act deal
Image: AI's human rights impact

Open letter: European Parliament must stand strong on AI Act fundamental rights protections 

22 Oct 2023

The European Parliament must uphold vital fundamental rights protections within the E.U. AI Act to regulate the use of AI in law enforcement, migration, and national security.

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Open letter: European Parliament must stand strong on AI Act fundamental rights protections 
22 Oct 2023
Open letter: European Parliament must stand strong on AI Act fundamental rights protections 
AI Biometrics

No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people

16 Oct 2023

New report: “Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging biometric tech” explores AI biometric technology systems.

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No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people
16 Oct 2023
No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people
Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights

Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights

16 Oct 2023

Biometric technologies are becoming increasingly interwoven into our everyday lives. A new Access Now report explores how AI is driving the adoption of ableist technologies that marginalize anyone who doesn’t fit into their definition of a “normal” body.

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Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights
16 Oct 2023
Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights