CDT Europe 🇪🇺 Advancing EU law and tech policy with a focus on democracy and human rights. Part of @CenDemTech Global. Press queries: [email protected]
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Joined January 2017
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Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Final reminder! Happening in one hour the first #LinkedInLive of 2025 "EDPB opinion on personal data and AI models: How consequential is it?" This is one you do not want to miss: bit.ly/3DErcAR
ALT LinkedIn Live banner for an IAPP event on Wednesday, 8 January, titled 'EDPB opinion on personal data and AI models: How consequential is AI?' featuring speakers Laura Lazaro Cabrera from Center for Democracy & Technology Europe, Ashley Casovan, Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakula from Bird & Bird, and Isabelle Roccia from IAPP.
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Tune in as @lauralazc, @AshleyCasovan, Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła and @IsabelleRoccia discuss "EDPB opinion on personal data and AI models: How consequential is it?" #LinkedInLive happening this time tomorrow. Register here: bit.ly/4jjwoe3
ALT LinkedIn Live banner for an IAPP event on Wednesday, 8 January, titled 'EDPB opinion on personal data and AI models: How consequential is AI?' featuring speakers Laura Lazaro Cabrera from Center for Democracy & Technology Europe, Ashley Casovan, Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakula from Bird & Bird, and Isabelle Roccia from IAPP.
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
.@CDTEU welcomed the publication of the first draft of the Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Models by the AI Office. cdt.org/insights/cdts-first-… nitter.cf/cdteu/status/186967351…
CDT Europe is proud to help shape the draft Code of Practice for General-Purpose #AI, aligning AI development with transparency, accountability & rights.
Key asks: better documentation, transparency, human rights focus, & open-source support.
Read more: cdt.org/insights/cdts-first-…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Coalition calls on Polish presidency to lead the EU in combating #spyware abuse europeanjournalists.org/blog…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Here’s a new year’s resolution for Poland: end spyware abuse during your upcoming EU Presidency!
Along with civil society orgs in the EU, we ask Poland to live up to its international commitments in 2025.
🇵🇱 Poland's upcoming EU Presidency is a chance to combat spyware misuse!
CDT Europe & 13 orgs urge Poland to live up to its international commitments by prioritising comprehensive action against spyware during its Presidency. It’s time for EU-wide reforms.
#StopSpyware
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other individuals in a covert surveillance campaign.
Read more 👇 amn.st/6019Qotwz
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
🚨 NEW: Serbian authorities have used highly invasive spyware, including NSO Group’s Pegasus, as well as digital forensic tools to target activists & journalists during periods of detention or routine police interviews, @Amnesty investigation reveals. securitylab.amnesty.org/late…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
US officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls nbcnews.com/tech/security/us… via @nbcnews
Meanwhile, in the EU, the Hungarian Presidency prepares to vote on a legislative proposal that introduces CSS to bypass encryption #chatcontrol
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
đź”´#20Talks new episode!
We sit down with our first #EDPS @PeterHustinx, a true pioneer in #Privacy. He brings unparalleled insights into privacy legal frameworks & thoughts on where we are heading in the ever-evolving world of #DataProtection.
đź“ş europa.eu/!6XtRDV
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
🆕@EP_EPRS briefing on setting #spyware standards after the Pegasus scandal-covering @Europarl_EN's spyware recommendation,🇪🇺competences for setting spyware surveillance standards, EP's spyware surveillance standards & state of play of nat. implementation.
europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
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đź’»EPD joins @cdteu and another 15 CSOs to ask online platforms for more #transparency on their risk assessment.
📢 Only full transparency guarantees that civil society is fully involved and that civic discourse and democratic processes are taken into account. ⬇️
CDT Europe, together with 16 CSOs, just released a joint civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act (#DSA).
Read the full letter here: cdt.org/insights/joint-civil…
ALT Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act.
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Very insightful thread by @jsrailton, extracting key elements from the unredacted filings published in connections to Whatsapp's court proceedings against NSO Group. #stopspyware
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
🤔 What do we expect to see in large online platforms’ first risk assessments under the #DigitalServicesAct to ensure the protection of #FundamentalRights?
Read the joint #CSO statement here ➡️ ecnl.org/news/joint-civil-so…
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Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
.@CenDemTech recently joined 35 other civil society organizations and a number of spyware experts in a letter that calls on @DHSGov to release details about its $2 million contract with Paragon Solutions (US) Inc. cdt.org/insights/dhs-must-co…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
Key questions from @cdteu to 🇪🇺Commissioners-designate @mmcgrathtd @HennaVirkkunen on security & surveillance - incl. a warning that consulting with member states on #spyware could lead to “undue influence over the @EU_Commission.”
cdt.org/insights/key-questio…
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Earlier this month, @CDTEU, in collaboration with over 40 civil society organizations, co-hosted the Tech and Society Summit in Brussels. Read a full recap of the event here: cdt.org/insights/cdt-europe-…
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe retweeted
On #WorldEncryptionDay, we must recognise the urgent need to protect privacy in the digital age. Hacking & spyware tools undermine human rights, impacting journalists, political figures, and defenders. States & businesses must act now to safeguard privacy. ow.ly/wxzY50TOpo4