Speech by Homo Digitalis at the Karavanas School in Larissa
We live in a networked world. Children search for information, communicate and play using online platforms. The internet is a place of opportunities and challenges. Every day we read about a new digital scam or incidents of digital bullying. How can we empower parents and children to feel safer in the virtual world of the internet? What are the dangers of the internet and how can we tackle them?
Karavanas School invites parents and children to an interactive and topical information session on Saturday 4 November 2023, at 6 pm at the school premises.
➡ Speakers will be.
– Panagiotis Soulos Global Information Security Manager at Intrum and member of the non-profit organization of IT professionals ISC2 Hellenic Chapter, and
– Anastasios Arampatzis cybersecurity consultant and columnist and member of Homo Digitalis.
Homo Digitalis participates in LSE meeting in Ljubljana
On Friday 20 October, Homo Digitalis was invited by the JET Table of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to an important workshop that took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia!
There we presented our actions against the use of intrusive new AI technologies in the field of policing and border management in Greece over the last 5 years, and informed the civil society organisations attending about the important tools provided by data protection legislation in this regard.
The audience showed their keen interest and admiration for what we have achieved completely voluntarily in the past, but also did not hide their concern about the long delays in decision-making by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
Homo Digitalis was represented at the workshop by our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Speech of Homo Digitalis at the presentation of the book "Journeys to the Future 2" by journalist Yiannis Mouratidis at the Hellenic Museum of Informatics
Yesterday, we had the great pleasure of attending the presentation of the book “Journeys to the Future 2” by journalist Yannis Mouratidis at the Hellenic Museum of Informatics.
An excellent evening, in which Lambrini Gyftokosta, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at Homo Digitalis, gave a speech on the protection of personal data in the digital age.
We would like to thank the journalist and member of Homo Digitalis, Yannis Mouratidis, for the invitation and the Hellenic Museum of Informatics for the hospitality.
As Yiannis writes, “Seven years after the publication of the first book Journeys to the Future, my interest in science remains alive, but my enthusiasm for anything new has given way to a more cautious outlook. Both science and its child technology have benefited society as a whole, but not all members of society equally. The Unknowns Those who control everything, I believe, are all of us who imagine that we are being pulled by invisible strings. The texts in the book were written to make the threads more visible and our dependence on them more conscious.”
The book will be available in a few bookstores, it is already in Zatopek in Kallithea.
Our joint campaign for Cybersecurity Month with the Share Foundation has been launched
Together with the Share Foundation and other civil society organisations, we are participating in a joint campaign for European Cyber Security Month!
Through puzzles, we are clarifying some key terms and tools related to our safe and private online browsing!
If you want to participate, you can follow Homo Digitalis on our social media (X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram) to solve the puzzles and get informed yourself!
Homo Digitalis in Brussels to speak at two important events
Homo Digitalis made a lightning trip to Brussels this week!
There we attended the annual plenary meeting of the Justice, Equity & Technology (JET) Table at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which we have been members of for more than 2.5 years now, studying the implications of using technologies to defend specific social groups based on class and race.
We also successfully participated for another year in FreedomNotFear, where we had the great pleasure to organise a talk regarding the use of intrusive technologies in the field of border protection and our related legal actions for 2019-2023.
For Homo Digitalis, our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, travelled from Greece to Brussels
Homo Digitalis talks to Athens 9.84
Margarita Mytilineou is one of the most acclaimed radio producers of the last decades.
Tomorrow morning, she welcomes Lambrini Gyftokosta, Director of Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights at Homo Digitalis, for a discussion on the topic “Can our mobile phone finally listen to us?”
Tune in to learn more about the ads we see every day everywhere on the Internet.
-Why are they different for each of us?
-How much does it affect us?
-How much is it legal?
Homo Digitalis talks to Inside.Story about the microphone of our mobile phone
Can the mobile phone finally hear us?
Many people believe that the mobile phone microphone is recording us without our knowledge, for advertising purposes. So is this a conspiracy theory or reality?
To inside story. and journalist Rafaela Maneli today published an article analyzing the relevant issues, with the participation of Homo Digitalis’ Director for Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights issues, Lamprini Gyftokosta, in it. You can read the article here.
Thank you very much for the interview and the interest in our actions!
Homo Digitalis participates again in an event of the Greek KnowledgeNet Chapter of IAPP
Next Thursday, 13/7, at 19:00, Homo Digitalis will have the great pleasure and honor to be present at the event of the Greek KnowledgeNet Chapter of the IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals on “Managing the rights of data subjects”.
There we will be represented by our new Director in Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights issues, Lambrini Gyftokosta, in a panel in which Ms. Kalli Karveli, Legal Auditor, at the Data Protection Authority and Mr. Evangelos Katsaras Senior Associate, ALG MANOUSAKIS LAW FIRM will participate.
We would like to thank the organizers for the invitation and the interest in our actions! You can find out more about the venue of the event on its official page here.
Action24's documentary on Artificial Intelligence in which Homo Digitalis participates has been published
What are the challenges of using AI applications?
Why is a clear legal framework regulating AI necessary?
What does the draft EU Regulation provide for?
The answers in Action24’s documentary #ActionStory, in which Konstantinos Kakavoulis participated representing Homo Digitalis.
You can watch it in full here.