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Spotify investors: Stand up to human rights abuse

4 Nov 2021

Access Now calls on Spotify’s investors to hold the company accountable for developing a dangerous voice-recognition patent technology.

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Spotify investors: Stand up to human rights abuse
4 Nov 2021
Spotify investors: Stand up to human rights abuse
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Here’s how to fix the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act

7 Sep 2021

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act needs improvements to ensure it protects human rights.

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Here’s how to fix the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act
7 Sep 2021
Here’s how to fix the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act

An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism

23 Aug 2021
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An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism
23 Aug 2021
An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism
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The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice

23 Aug 2021
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The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
23 Aug 2021
The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
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Submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the Artificial Intelligence Act

5 Aug 2021
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Submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the Artificial Intelligence Act
5 Aug 2021
Submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the Artificial Intelligence Act
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あなたの声が聞かれている。テクノロジーがあなたの声に耳を傾ける6つの方法

12 Jul 2021

音声認識技術はしばしば人権を侵害するが、この技術がどんどん広がってきている。最近では、Spotifyが性別や感情の状態などを検知できるとする音声認識技術を開発していることを私たちは指摘した。

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あなたの声が聞かれている。テクノロジーがあなたの声に耳を傾ける6つの方法
12 Jul 2021
あなたの声が聞かれている。テクノロジーがあなたの声に耳を傾ける6つの方法
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They can hear you: 6 ways tech is listening to you

1 Jul 2021

Voice recognition technology often violates human rights, and it’s popping up more and more. Recently we’ve called out Spotify for their dangerous voice recognition tech, and a lot more companies are up to the same shady tactics.

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They can hear you: 6 ways tech is listening to you
1 Jul 2021
They can hear you: 6 ways tech is listening to you
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Sonic surveillance: why you don’t want AI snooping on you

30 Jun 2021

The threat voice recognition technology poses to our rights needs to be addressed now — before our voices become yet another piece of biometric data to be used against us.

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Sonic surveillance: why you don’t want AI snooping on you
30 Jun 2021
Sonic surveillance: why you don’t want AI snooping on you
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‘Every smile you fake’ — an AI emotion-recognition system can assess how ‘happy’ China’s workers are in the office

15 Jun 2021
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‘Every smile you fake’ — an AI emotion-recognition system can assess how ‘happy’ China’s workers are in the office
15 Jun 2021
‘Every smile you fake’ — an AI emotion-recognition system can assess how ‘happy’ China’s workers are in the office

Europe’s AI rules open door to mass use of facial recognition, critics warn

8 Jun 2021
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Europe’s AI rules open door to mass use of facial recognition, critics warn
8 Jun 2021
Europe’s AI rules open door to mass use of facial recognition, critics warn