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”.
Don't miss the event on AI and migration
The agenda for the upcoming #ProtectNotSurveil webinar organized by Access Now, Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), and the Border Violence Monitoring Network is ready!
Don’t forget to register in order to learn more about AI, the proposed legislation at the European level, and its provisions related to the border management sector here.
You will have the pleasure of attending a unique line-up of speakers, including Petra Molnar (Refugee Law Lab) Alyna Smith (PICUM), Anna Colaps (EDPS), Hope Barker (BVMN) and Sarah Chander (European Digital Rights)
Find out more here.
Can Education & Games in the Easter holiday go together? Yes!
The great ancient Greek philosopher Plato was the first to understand the importance of the internet, saying that “The internet is becoming the central square for the global village of tomorrow”.
Hmm…probably not! Do you easily believe everything you read on the internet without cross checking it out?
Over the Easter holidays, play 3 educational games on your computer or tablet with family and friends to learn how misinformation works in the digital environment.
1.Fake or Real – News Edition
2.Doublecheck
3.Deepfake Lab
These games have been developed in the context of the awareness exhibition #TheGlassRoom – The Misinformation Edition, which has been created by Tactical Tech and which has been successfully brought to Greece by the organizations (in alphabetical order) Digital Detox Experience, Homo Digitalis and Open Lab Athens.
Many thanks to our network of volunteers who pro bono translated the content of the educational games into Greek.
Our Educational Talk at the University of Patras on Artificial Intelligence & Dark Patterns
Today, Stergios Konstantinou and Konstantinos Kakavoulis spoke at the CSI-COP project of the University of Patras on the processing of citizens’ data by AI and the influence of Dark Patterns on our online behaviour.
The event was attended by renowned data protection professionals, University professors, researchers and members of the Data Protection Authority.
Our participation in the summit "This Is What Police Tech Looks Like" of the JET Table of LSE in Belgrade
Last week, Homo Digitalis was in Belgrade to be present at the working groups held as part of the “This Is What Police Tech Looks Like” project, organised by the JET Table at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
It was a unique opportunity to meet with academics, activists and civil society organisations working in the fields of policing and border management, to exchange ideas and views, and to talk about our related activities! We would like to thank the organizers for their kind invitation!
Over the last four years, we and our partners have had open cases before the Data Protection Authority in these areas, involving:
1) the retention of electronic communications metadata that is contrary to the case law of the CJEU and the provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (August 2019),
2) the procurement by the Hellenic Police of facial recognition technologies (March 2020),
3) the illegal retention of biometric passport data by the Hellenic Police in a central database (June 2020),
4) the violation of the provisions on the use of cameras by the EL.AS. in public places (May 2021),
5) the procurement of the intervention systems YPERION and KENTAYROS by the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum (February 2022); and
6) the procurement of social media platform monitoring software by the Coast Guard (February 2022).
We are honoured by the interest shown in our actions and we look forward to the immediate decisions of the DPAA on the above cases, which are of paramount importance for the protection of our Rights and Freedoms, as well as of the Republic.
You can learn more about the program here.
Homo Digitalis was represented at the meeting by our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Our educational talk on AI & border management
Last month, we received an invitation from the Greek Council for Refugees and the European Network Against Racism Aisbl (ENAR) to speak at the European Parliament Office in Greece about Homo Digitalis’ actions in the field of migration and border management, as well as about the relevant provisions of the proposed EU regulation on AI!
It was a great pleasure to exchange ideas and views with representatives of CSOs, journalists, academics and other stakeholders who were present as well as to discuss the #ProtectNotSurveil campaign of European Digital Rights, Access Now, Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and Refugee Law Lab, of which we are members!
We would like to thank the organizers for the great cooperation! Our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, represented us, presenting our work at the event.
You can learn more about the #ProtectNotSurveil Campaign here.
Educational Presentation at the Tositsio Arsakeio of Ekali
On Monday, Alkmini Gianni and Konstantinos Kakavoulis were at the Tositsio Arsakeio of Ekali.
They spoke with the students of the 2nd grade about the “Digital Footprint” and the rights we have to gain control over it.
We would like to thank our member, Alexandra Ziaka, and the school management for the excellent organization and reception.
Homo Digitalis’ informative actions in schools all over Greece continue!
Development of partnerships with JOIST Innovation Park and iED in Larissa
Yesterday, we were at the JOIST Innovation Park, a unique phygital ecosystem that fosters innovation and knowledge transfer in the fields of entrepreneurship, technology, science, art and design.
There, we had the great pleasure to tour the – high quality – spaces of the park, to meet the members of the JOIST team, the iED – Institute of Entrepreneurship Development and their partners, and to discuss together a number of interesting topics on the interaction between the use of new technologies and the protection of Human Rights.
Thank you very much for your excellent hospitality! Our team was represented at the meeting by Anastasios Arampatzis and Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Learn more about Joist Innovation Park here.