Our new action before the European Data Protection Board on its case regardin Meta's Pay Or Okay model

Last Thursday, 7 March, together with European Digital Rights and other important civil society organisations, we submitted an Open Letter to the European Data Protection Board (EDPS) on Meta’s #PayOrOkay model.

We call on the EDPS in its opinion to condemn these commercial subscription models that allow those with the money to pay for their privacy and those without to be at the mercy of the voracious data collection practices of big tech companies.

You can read our letter in detail here. This is Homo Digitalis’ second relevant action against Meta’s Pay or Okay model on a pan-European level.


Our joint action on the Digital Euro & Right to Cash legislative initiatives

At the end of February, together with epicenter.works, European Digital Rights and other important civil society organisations, we sent a letter to the MEPs who are the rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs of the DigitalEuro and Right To Cash packages.

Despite the fact that both proposed pieces of legislation are part of the same legislative package, we see that the relevant negotiations are moving at two different speeds!

With the European elections approaching and uncertainty prevailing regarding the proposed legislation on the Digital Euro and the challenges that arise with its technical features, we call on MEPs to separate these two legislative proposals in order to spend the necessary time to solve the problems that have been identified and highlighted by academics, and other experts in the field.

You can view our joint letter here.


Homo Digitalis at the second annual Digital Policy Leadership Summit in Brussels!

Homo Digitalis at the second annual Digital Policy Leadership Summit in Brussels!Last weekend, Homo Digitalis participated in the second annual Digital Policy Leadership Summit in Brussels

Over the course of these two days, alongside an amazing group of talented and brilliant individuals, we dove deep into critical conversations and shared our knowledge and experience to cultivate and strengthen new forms of leadership to promote equitable and inclusive digital policy.

We also discussed issues of policy strategizing, including racial justice in AI, and addressing misinformation in the context of elections.

Our group was represented by Eleftherios Chelioudakis. We are grateful to the organizers for the great support that made our participation possible!Read more about the summit and its objectives here.


Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits the 3rd Primary School of Nafpaktos

Last week Homo Digitalis hit the road!

In a 1500 km tour, we visited 4 schools in the Peloponnese and Central Greece and talked to more than 600 students and teachers!

On the fourth day, Lamprini Gyftokosta, Alexandra Giannopoulou and Konstantinos Kakavoulis were in Nafpaktos and talked to the students and teachers of the 3rd Primary School of Nafpaktos about cyber bullying

We would like to thank the management and the teachers of the school for the invitation and the warm welcome!


Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits a high school in Velo, Corinthia

Last week Homo Digitalis hit the road!

In a 1500 km tour, we visited 4 schools in the Peloponnese and Central Greece and talked to more than 600 students and teachers!

On the third day, Lamprini Gyftokosta and Konstantinos Kakavoulis were in Velo Corinthia and talked to all the students and teachers of the high school about the digital footprint

We would like to thank the management and teachers of the school for the invitation and the warm welcome!

 


Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits the high school in Molai in Laconia

Last week Homo Digitalis hit the road!

In a 1500 km tour, we visited 4 schools in the Peloponnese and Central Greece and talked to more than 600 students and teachers!

On the first day, Lamprini Gyftokosta, Nikoletta Georgakopoulou and Konstantinos Kakavoulis were in Molaos Lakonia and talked to all the students and teachers of the high school about the digital footprint.

We would like to thank the management and teachers of the school for the invitation and the warm welcome!


Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits a high school in Tyros Arkadia

Last week Homo Digitalis hit the road!

In a 1500 km tour, we visited 4 schools in the Peloponnese and Central Greece and talked to more than 600 students and teachers!

On the second day, Lamprini Gyftokosta, Nikoletta Georgakopoulou and Konstantinos Kakavoulis were in Tyros Arkadia and talked to all the students and teachers of the high school about the #digitalfootprint

We would like to thank the school’s management and teachers for the invitation and the warm welcome!


Homo Digitalis on the European AI & Society Fund's list of AI experts

The European AI & Society Fund has published on its website a Register of Experts on issues related to the fields of Human Rights and AI, from its partner organisations.

We are honored and delighted that Homo Digitalis is in this registry with dual representation from our Director of Human Rights & AI, Lambrini Gftokosta and our Board Secretary, Lefteris Chelioudakis

You can see in detail the members of the register and the variety of topics in which they specialize here.

Many thanks to the European AI & Society Fund for the opportunity to promote Homo Digitalis' expertise and knowledge internationally!


Homo Digitalis wins two prestigious international awards!

We don’t do it for the awards… but we are happy when international bodies recognize our contribution to the protection of Human Rights in the modern digital age!

We are delighted that Homo Digitalis received two awards for 2023!
-“Best Digital Rights Protection Agency – Greece”, in the context of the Artificial Intelligence Awards by Corporate Vision Magazine,
– “Best Digital Rights & Freedoms Legal Experts 2023 – Greece” in the context of the Legal Awards by Acquisition International Magazine

For us, the only true award is the significant impact our actions have on our society!

More information here and here.