Tag: EU
Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸
Sign this European Citizens’ Initiative to urge EU lawmakers to put a stop to harmful, discriminatory biometric mass surveillance practices.
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.
Reclaim Your Face: a call for European citizens to demand facial recognition ban
Access Now, EDRi, and the Reclaim Your Face coalition are calling for a Europe-wide ban on the use of dangerous facial recognition technologies. Sign the petition today!
Mixed emotions as Council finally adopts position on ePrivacy text
European data agencies reportedly issued $193 million in fines for GDPR violations in 2020
Big tech: From Trump’s best friend to censorship machine?
GDPR fines jump as EU regulators raise pressure on business
Tech’s long COVID-19: What privacy battles will define 2021?
What the interim Brexit data flows deal means for Britain
DSA: European Commission delivers on the first step toward systemic rules for online platforms
Today, the European Commission launched a legislative reform that holds the promise of systemic regulation of large online platforms, consisting of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act. Access Now’s initial assessment focuses on the DSA, and highlights key issues that will affect human rights in the EU and beyond.