We have prepared an easy-to-read infographic on developments at the AI Act trilateral conferences

How are the tripartite conferences progressing in the context of the adoption of the proposed EU AI legislation?

Together with European Digital Rights and other key civil society organisations we have been working closely with over the last few years on this legislative dossier, we have prepared a graphic to highlight where we are with meeting our demands for the protection of Human Rights.

We have achieved significant improvements, but unfortunately there are still many provisions that do not meet our requests. You can read more on the relevant here.

 


The opening of the 2 exhibitions we co-organize at JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa was a great success

Last Thursday, 16/11 we had the opening of the exhibition TheGlassRoom and its two editions, Misinformation and What The F*ture Wants, at the wonderful premises of JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa.

Many local TV channels were there to cover the event, including Thessalia Television, where Katerina Diminikou, Stefanos Vitoratos and Anastasios Arabatzis gave statements. Many thanks to the channel for the coverage of the inauguration and the interest in our actions!

It is a great honor for us and our partners from Open Lab Athens and Digital Detox Experience to bring to Greece and outside of Athens these unique exhibitions of high educational character of Tactical Tech and we would like to thank once again Joist Innovation Park for the unique hospitality.

Admission to the exhibitions is free and they will be available in Larissa for young and old until December 15. You can see highlights and statements from the interview here.

 


Opening of the exhibitions we co-organize at JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa

Today is the opening of The Glass Room Exhibition and its two editions, Misinformation and What The Future Wants, at JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa.

It is a great honor for all of us at Homo Digitalis, Open Lab Athens and Digital Detox Experience to be able to bring together for the first time in Greece both publications, curated by our dear partners at Tactical Tech!!

The “Misinformation” edition focuses on the concept of misinformation, the way it is formed and evolves. Similarly, “What the F*ture Wants” is an interactive youth-focused version of the exhibition, presenting different aspects of technology, seen from a personal, political and global perspective.

Admission is of course free and we are looking forward to young and old from today until 16 December to enjoy these two unique versions of TheGlassRoom exhibition!

Homo Digitalis was represented at the opening by Stefanos Vitoratos and Anastasios Arampatzis!!! We would like to thank our partners at Tactical Tech, Joist Innovation Park, Open Lab Athens and Digital Detox Experience for this unique collaboration!

 


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