We participate in the Media Pluralism Monitor study of the European University Institute (EUI)
Elpida Vamvaka, president of Homo Digitalis, participated for the second year as an expert in the Media Pluralism Monitor 2022 survey!
The study highlights the risks to media pluralism and freedom in four areas: Fundamental Protection, Market Pluralism, Political Independence and Social Inclusion.
The Media Pluralism Monitor 2022 is implemented by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and is a scientific attempt to map the threats to pluralism and media freedom in the Member States of the European Union and in some candidate countries, taking into account legal, political and economic variables.
We send a letter to the Government asking for the immediate drafting and proposal of a draft law of popular legislative initiative
Three years after the 2019 revision of the Constitution, when the institution of the popular legislative initiative was introduced for the first time in Greece, i.e. the possibility for citizens to submit legislative proposals to the Parliament, it remains inactive.
Unfortunately, there is no apparent legislative intention from the Greek government as an implementing law is required. This is a disheartening contempt for the Constitution, citizens and democratic institutions.
Homo Digitalis, Vouliwatch and 44 other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have sent an open letter to the Government asking for the immediate drafting and proposal of this draft law. We also asked whether members of the CSOs would be included in the legislative process.
You can read the letter and more information here.
Come to the Cryptoparty of Open Lab Athens at the National Library of Greece
Friday is for Cryptoparty!
Today’s cryptoparty may not have any drinks or cryptocurrencies but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun!
Today, at 18:00 the Open Lab Athens team and Cryptoparty Athens are waiting for you at the National Library of Greece (364 Sygrou Street, KISSN) to learn how to protect our privacy online!
The workshop will take place within the framework of The Glassroom – Misinformation Edition exhibition that runs from Monday 21/11 to Sunday 27/11.
You can register here.
The Glass Room Misinformation Edition exhibition that we are co-organizing at the National Library of Greece has just started
The Glassroom Misinformation Edition exhibition that we are organizing at the National Library of Greece opened to the public today.
Visit it daily until Sunday 27 November and come and meet the teams of Homo Digitalis, Ditital Detox Experience and Open Lab Athens!
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Entrance: completely free
Homo Digitalis' triple participation in IGF Greece 2022 was a great success
On the weekend of 5 and 6 November 2022 we participated in #IGFGreece2022 where we had the honour and pleasure to take part in very interesting discussions about the Internet and Governance in Greece.
Many thanks to Internet Governance Forum Greece for the wonderful hospitality!
Homo Digitalis organizes Workshops at the National Library of Greece in the framework of the exhibition we co-organize The Glass Room
Countdown for the exhibition “The Glass Room Misinformation Edition”
On the first day of the exhibition, Monday 21/11 at 18.45, the Homo Digitalis team will be at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre to introduce the exhibition and talk to us about interesting and topical issues.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
Homo Digitalis with Triple Representation at the Internet Governance Forum Greece 2022
Tomorrow Saturday and the day after Sunday we will be at the Internet Governance Forum Greece at OTEAcademy – the conference starts tomorrow at 10:00!
Book your place or register to attend online here.
-Stefanos Vitoratos moderates the panel “Information as Power”.
-Elpida Vamvaka participates on Sunday in the panel “The Power of Policy Making” moderated by Vassilis Vassilopoulos on internet governance and the voice of citizens in emerging governance models.
-Alexandra Giannopoulou is part of the panel “Financial Power”, on decentralised finance.
Homo Digitalis speaks to the PEGA Committee of the European Parliament during her visit to Greece
The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into the investigation into the use of spyware in the EU is in Greece this week!
Homo Digitalis has been invited to appear before it to give evidence on the significant challenges to the rule of law, democracy and human rights. We will be represented at this meeting by the Vice President of the Board, Stefanos Vitoratos.
The Commission of Inquiry will also meet representatives of journalists from InsideStory and Reporters United, who highlighted #Pretarorgate with their investigation, as well as representatives of civil society and political parties, among others.
Homo Digitalis participates in the IAPP Hellenic KnowledgeNet Chapter's event
At 18:00 (until 20:30) the Greek KnowledgeNet Chapter of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) is organizing an event at the Athens Bar Association on “Privacy of communications: violations and discrimination of the right to privacy and personal data”. Stefanos Vitoratos will be on the panel discussing an issue that concerns us all.
Detailed information about the event can be found here:
We note that two more members of Homo Digitalis, Melina Skondra (Chaptair Chair) and Stergios Konstantinou (Young Privacy Professional) are among the Greek Chpater leaders of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) for Greece.