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 co-organizes with the Digital Freedom Fund the Strategic Litigation Meeting for the first time in Greece!
The Digital Freedom Fund’s Strategic Litigation Meeting is back!
In collaboration with Homo Digitalis and with funding from Luminate, the retreat will take place in Athens from September 11-14. If you are planning to take legal action against major tech companies or other class actions, register now here.
The retreat hosts training sessions and workshops aimed at developing participants’ legal skills and tactics in a relaxed and collaborative environment with other colleagues. DFF also hopes to be able to sponsor some of the cases that participants develop during the meeting.
After two online versions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DFF is pleased to bring the event back to its true essence as an in-person retreat where participants can disconnect from other activities and commitments to work in depth on the study and strategic planning of their cases.
In the latest post on the DFF blog, legal counsel César Manso-Sayao shares more details about the retreat, as well as some thoughts regarding recent developments on the liability of large platforms. Read it here.
Artwork by Kruthika N.S.
We call on the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the EU to prioritise fundamental rights over profits
As the EU institutions move forward in “trilogue” negotiations, the last stage for the adoption of the proposed EU legislation on AI #AIAct, we are taking a stand again!
150 civil society organisations, including Homo Digitalis, are calling on the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Council to put people and their fundamental rights ahead of profits!
In the coming period we intend to take initiatives in this regard at national level as well! You can read our letter here.
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.
Now you can watch our talk at CPDP2023
Would you like to watch what Homo Digitalis said at the CPDP Conferences 2023, but you were not there??
No problem! The presentation of Stergios Konstantinou, who represented us, is freely available!
You can watch it 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.
We spoke on Ant1's Main Newscast
Stefanos Vitoratos, representing Homo Digitalis, participated in a report for the main newscast of ANT1 regarding the recent DDoS attack against the Subject Bank of the Institute of Educational Policy.
“Cyber attacks should be considered part of everyday life as we invest in the digital transformation of the state. This attack was simply a wake-up call on the need to protect critical infrastructure,” the release said, among other things.
You can view the relevant excerpt here. We thank ANT1 for including and reporting on our actions.
We talked about Artificial Intelligence in Action24's ActionStory documentary
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?
These and many more questions were answered by Konstantinos Kakavoulis for Action24’s #ActionStory documentary representing Homo Digitalis.
Soon on our screens!