Tag: EU
Press Releases
Was Passenger Name Record data exploited to kidnap Belarusian journalist? Access Now calls for EU investigation
Access Now is still waiting for a sufficient outcome to whether passenger data disclosure aided the grounding of Ryanair flight FR4978 carrying journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega.…
6 October 2021
Press Releases
EU takes minimal steps to regulate harmful AI systems, must go further to protect fundamental rights
The European Commission just launched its Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence. Unfortunately, the new proposal falls short of meeting the minimum requirements needed to safeguard human rights in the EU.…
21 April 2021
Press Releases
Looking tough, but hampering rights: civil society organisations say no to online Terrorism Regulation
Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Civil Liberties Union for Europe, and 58 other civil society organisations are urgently calling on Members of the European Parliament to reject the proposed Terrorism Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.…
25 March 2021
Access Now in the News
E-Privacy – Vom Yeti zum Käse
Karoline Meta Beisel, Süddeutsche Zeitung
24 February 2021
Blog
The EU should regulate AI on the basis of rights, not risks
Artificial intelligence and automated decision-making systems threaten our fundamental rights. Yet the EU is considering an approach to AI regulation that would substitute rights-based protections for a mere risk mitigation exercise by corporations with a vested interest in these systems. Here’s why that’s a grave mistake.…
17 February 2021
