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.
Homo Digitalis at the 3rd Youth & Lifelong Learning Festival in Larissa!!
From today until Thursday 15/6, Homo Digitalis is together with JOIST and iED – Institute of Entrepreneurship Development at the 3rd Youth & Lifelong Learning Festival in beautiful Larissa!!
Come to the central square (Sapka Square) to enjoy a unique program full of music, film screenings, workshops, interesting talks and many, many surprises!
Many thanks to our member Anastasios Arampatzis who represents Homo Digitalis in the festival and the organizations JOIST & iED – Institute of Entrepreneurship Development for the kind invitation and the excellent cooperation!!!!
We will be waiting for you at the booth to discuss new technologies and Human Rights in the modern digital age!
The detailed programme of the 3rd Youth & Lifelong Learning Festival can be found here.
Our pro bono Educational Speech at Roche Hellas
On Thursday 11 May, Homo Digitalis had the pleasure of speaking to Roche Hellas staff about the “digital footprint” in the context of the Compliance Week organized by the company.
Such awareness raising initiatives are particularly important to raise the level of awareness about digital rights for all of us as citizens, internet users, consumers and employees.
We hope that other companies will follow the example of Roche Hellas! Thank you very much for the invitation, the participation and the interesting discussion.
Homo Digitalis was represented by its co-founders Konstantinos Kakavoulis and Stefanos Vitoratos.
Our Guest Lecture at a postgraduate course of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
On Tuesday 2/5, Homo Digitalis participated with a guestlecture in the course “Migration and asylum governance in South-eastern Europe” of the English-language postgraduate programme “South-East European Studies: politics, history, economics” at the University of Athens. We would like to thank Professor Angeliki Dimitriadi for the kind and honorable invitation to participate in her course!
It was a unique feeling to see the great interest of the students in the activities of Homo Digitalis and our partners in the field of border management and their active participation in the discussion with questions! Awareness-raising activities like these remind us of the importance of developing fruitful partnerships between civil society and academic institutions!
We were represented at the guest lecture by the Secretary of the Board of Directors, Eleftherios Chelioudakis. We would also like to thank our member Asimina Koliniati who brought us in contact with the lecturer!
If you also have suggestions for joint awareness raising activities, you can contact us at “info@homodigitalis.gr”.
Homo Digitalis speaks for the 3rd consecutive year at RightsCon
Homo Digitalis speaks for the third consecutive year at RightsCon, the largest international conference for the protection of Human Rights in the modern digital age!
This year we are hosting our own session entitled “How to beat a Centaur? A closer look into technology-led border management in Greece”, in which we will talk about the use of new technologies, such as the KENTAYROS surveillance system, in the field of border management in Greece.
More than 1850 applications were received from organisations in 132 countries. The selection of our proposal by the organisers is a great honour and is another important recognition of our actions and our contribution to the protection of digital rights at an international level.
Our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, will represent us at the session. We would like to thank the organizers for accepting our proposal!
RightsCon2023, organized by Access Now for the twelfth time this year, will take place with a physical presence in Costa Rica, while online participation is also possible. You can register and learn more about the program here.