Participation of Homo Digitalis in the “Copyright & Access in the Age of AI” event in Cyprus.
Homo Digitalis is delighted to participate as a speaker at the event organised on Monday, 11 May, in Nicosia by Knowledge Rights 21, the Foundation for Parliamentarism and Participatory Democracy (House of Representatives – Parliament of Cyprus), and the Cyprus Association of Librarians and Information Scientists (CALIS).
Distinguished speakers will discuss issues relating to the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies by modern libraries. Through its presentation, Homo Digitalis will focus on personal data protection, the prohibition of discrimination, and the environmental footprint of the use of large language models.
We warmly thank Knowledge Rights 21 for the invitation and inclusion. Homo Digitalis will be represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
We look forward to welcoming you to our event, “Data, Rights & Power: In the Age of AI Hype”.
Next Thursday, 14 May, we look forward to welcoming you from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Athens Bar Association (60 Akadimias Street) for Homo Digitalis’s event titled “Data, Rights & Power: In the Age of AI Hype”! Admission is free and no registration is required.
During the event, we will present our 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the organisation’s awareness-raising activities, advocacy initiatives, and legal actions throughout the past year.
In addition, we will host three Fireside Chats, where we will discuss and exchange views with the audience on our work in the field of Artificial Intelligence, specifically:
Fireside Chat No. 1: The Hellenic Police Smart Policing Programme: Key Lessons from HDPA Decision 45/2025 – Commentary by Polyna Sini.
Fireside Chat No. 2: The Use of LLMs in Education: OpenAI’s Collaboration with the Ministry of Education – Commentary by Tania Skrapaliory.
Fireside Chat No. 3: Smart Traffic Enforcement Cameras: Implementation Status and Compliance Challenges – Commentary by Stergios Konstantinou.
The event is organised with the support of the European AI & Society Fund. The sessions will be moderated by Eleftherios Chelioudakis, Executive Director of Homo Digitalis.
We look forward to seeing you there to discuss Artificial Intelligence and the latest developments concerning the Digital Omnibus and Digital Omnibus on AI packages, as well as how these developments affect the national implementation of the AI Act.
Homo Digitalis participates in the 2nd Consultation of the Ministry of Digital Governance on the AI Act
The participation of Homo Digitalis was successfully completed today, March 26, at the 2nd Consultation Forum on the implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Greece. The forum was organized by the Special Secretariat for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance of the Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, together with Expertise France, within the framework of the project “Integrating AI Technologies in the Greek Public Administration.”
The topics discussed included the outcomes of the 1st Consultation Forum, the EU’s Digital Omnibus on AI package and Greece’s related positions, the draft law for the implementation of the AI Act, proposals for the operation of AI regulatory sandboxes in public administration, the use of Generative AI in the public sector, the new data governance strategy and tools, as well as the proposal for a comprehensive AI governance framework.
We welcome the Secretariat’s initiative to develop a communication channel and to foster a transparent public discussion regarding the progress of the implementing law for the AI Act, and we thank them for the inclusion. Homo Digitalis was represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
We are sending an open letter regarding the Digital Omnibus on AI package to EU institutions
Are €100 per year in a company’s costs really more important than the transparency of high-risk Artificial Intelligence systems? Apparently so.
With the proposed changes in the Digital Omnibus on AI Package, a very important transparency obligation concerning high-risk AI systems is set to be removed. In its analysis, the European Commission estimates that this change would reduce the costs for providers of such systems by €100 per year. Of course… that’s how you improve competitiveness.
Together with 66 other civil society organizations and academics, we call on Members of the European Parliament and representatives of EU Member States to do the obvious: protect Article 49(2) of the AI Act and put the protection of our rights and transparency in the age of Artificial Intelligence above minimal financial considerations that supposedly promote Europe’s competitiveness.
Read our Open Letter here.
The 2nd Plenary meeting of GAIN was successfully completed
The 2nd Plenary Meeting of the Civil Society Cooperation Network on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Greece, “Greek Artificial Intelligence Network – GAIN,” was successfully completed.
Specifically, on January 26, 2026, at the offices of WHEN, the members and observers of the network discussed its operation, while two educational seminars were presented during the event.
The first was delivered by the Hellenic Informatics Union and Harris Georgiou, titled “Limitations of AI and risks from ‘blind’ trust in GenAI.” The second was presented by DIOTIMA and Anna Vougiouka, titled “Gender biases and inequalities in the development and use of Artificial Intelligence systems.”
The initiative is coordinated by the Homo Digitalis team, with the support of the European AI & Society Fund (EAISF). We warmly thank all participating organizations for their active engagement.
The organizations participating in the network’s processes as members or external observers are (in alphabetical order):
Open Lab Athens
Interdisciplinary Society for Research in Hematology – DETEA
Network for Children’s Rights
Consumers’ Association “The Quality of Life” – EKPIZO
Hellenic League for Human Rights
Greek Council for Refugees
Greek Forum of Migrants
Association for Regional Development and Mental Health (EPAPSY)
Hellenic Informatics Union
Institute for Regulatory Policy Research (INERP)
Diotima Centre for Gender Rights and Equality
KEAN – Cell of Alternative Youth Activities
Me Alla Matia NPO
Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)
Copwatch – Police Accountability Observatory (copwatch.gr)
REVMA – Roma Educational Vocational Maintainable Assistance
Athens Network of Collaborating Experts (ANCE)
DATAWO
ERGO.Academy (ERGO NGO)
HIAS Greece
Homo Digitalis
I Have Rights.
In contACT
inside story.
KnowledgeRights21 (National coordinator for Greece and Cyprus)
omniatv (iCase Social Cooperative Enterprise)
Reporters United
SOLIDARITYNOW
Solomon
VISIBLE MACHINES
Vouliwatch
WHEN.org.gr
WWF Greece
Our GAIN event with the supervisory authorities of Article 77 of the AI Act was successfully concluded
Yesterday’s event, which we co-organized with the civil society network Greek AI Network – GAIN at the offices of network member WHEN Hub, was successfully completed.
The event opened with a welcoming address by our Co-founder and Treasurer of the Board, Konstantinos Kakavoulis. This was followed by educational presentations from representatives of two fundamental rights authorities under Article 77 of the AI Act, namely Dr. Efrosyni Siougle from the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and Dr. Christos Tsevas from the Greek National Commission for Human Rights.
Finally, during the Members in the Spotlight Session, our member and DPO Executive / GDPR Expert, Dimos Kostoulas, delivered an educational presentation on the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector and the use of Artificial Intelligence systems in this field.
We warmly thank the speakers, the members of the GAIN network, and the members of Homo Digitalis who joined us both online and in person, as well as the other organizations that honored us with their presence.
The event was held within the framework of the GAIN program, with the support of the European AI & Society Fund.
We presented our Study on the Digital Omnibus package at the Privacy & Data Protection Conference
Last Friday, Homo Digitalis was invited to the Privacy & Data Protection Conference, organized by BOUSSIAS.
There, our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, presented our Study on the Digital Omnibus reform packages, highlighting the challenges that the proposed changes pose to our rights in the contemporary digital era.
You can read our Study here.
We would like to warmly thank the conference organizers, and especially Alexandra Varla, for the very honorable invitation. Congratulations as well to all the speakers for their insightful contributions.
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Homo Digitalis & EDRi speak to inside story on the proposed Digital Omnibus regulations
Ιs Europe moving away from the protection of our digital rights?
inside story. and journalist Eliza Triantafyllou published an in-depth article on Monday, December 1, examining the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus proposals. European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Homo Digitalis had the honor of contributing comments and arguments, represented by their members Blue Duangdjai Tiyavorabun, Ella Jakubowska (she/her), Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, PhD, and Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Is the EU giving in to pressure from Trump and major technology companies to deregulate rules protecting Europeans’ personal data and privacy, rebranding it as “simplification”? What exactly do the two recent proposals include? Read the article here.
We warmly thank the journalist for her interest in our arguments.
The Founding Conference of the Greek Artificial Intelligence Network – GAIN Successfully Concluded
The founding conference of the Cooperation Network for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Greece was successfully completed! The provisional title of the network is Greek Artificial Intelligence Network – GAIN.
The network aspires to become a space for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and mutual support, fostering initiatives in awareness-raising, advocacy, and legal assistance — with the central goal of safeguarding Human Rights in the development and use of Artificial Intelligence systems.
The network’s activities aim to go beyond the minimum legal guarantees, drawing guidance from codes of ethics that emphasize morality, transparency, and accountability in the design, implementation, and evaluation of AI technologies.
The event took place on October 7, 2025, hosted at the offices of the Greek Forum of Migrants, where members and observers of the network had the opportunity to discuss, plan, and lay the foundations for an open, collaborative, and socially responsible AI community in Greece.
During the event, Open Lab Athens delivered an educational presentation on the technical characteristics and materialities of machine learning, significantly contributing to the discussion and collective understanding of the related technologies and their limitations.
The initiative is coordinated by the Homo Digitalis team, with the support of the European Artificial Intelligence & Society Fund (EAISF).
You can read the related Press Release (ΕL) here.
Organizations participating in the network’s processes as members or external observers include (in alphabetical order):
Ανοιχτό Εργαστήριο Αθήνα | Open Lab Athens
Διεπιστημονική Εταιρία Έρευνας στην Αιματολογία – ΔΕτΕΑ
Δίκτυο για τα Δικαιώματα του Παιδιού | Network for Children’s Rights
Ε.Κ.ΠΟΙ.ΖΩ.Ένωση Καταναλωτών «Η Ποιότητα της Ζωής» | Consumers’ Association “The Quality of Life” EKPIZO
Ελληνική Ένωση Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου | Hellenic League for Human Rights
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ | GREEK COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES
Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Μεταναστών | Greek Forum of Migrants
Εταιρεία Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και Ψυχικής Υγείας – ΕΠΑΨΥ | Association for Regional Development and Mental Health – EPAPSY
Ένωση Πληροφορικών Ελλάδος
Ινστιτούτο Έρευνας Ρυθμιστικών Πολιτικών – ΙΝΕΡΠ | Institute for Regulatory Policy Research – INERP
Κέντρο ΔΙΟΤΙΜΑ
ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟ ΕΝΑΛΛΑΚΤΙΚΩΝ ΑΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΝ – ΚΕΑΝ | CELL OF ALTERNATIVE YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Με Άλλα Μάτια | Me Alla Matia
Οργανισμός Ανοιχτών Τεχνολογιών – ΕΕΛΛΑΚ | Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)
ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΗΤΗΡΙΟ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΕΥΣΗΣ copwatch.gr
AMKE REVMA – ROMA EDUCATIONAL VOCATIONAL MAINTAINABLE ASSISTANCE
Athens Network of Collaborating Experts -ANCE
DATAWO
ERGO.Academy
HIAS Greece
Homo Digitalis
I Have Rights
In contACT
inside story.
KnowledgeRights21 (National coordinator for Greece and Cyprus)
OmniaTV (iCase Κοιν.Σ.Επ.)
Reporters United
SolidarityNow
Solomon
VISIBLE MACHINES
Vouliwatch
WHEN Equity Empowerment Change
WWF Greece