{"id":135268,"date":"2025-09-01T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/135268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:33:38","slug":"we-spoke-to-politico-about-our-work-in-the-field-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/135268\/","title":{"rendered":"We spoke to POLITICO about our work in the field of Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<br \/>\n<a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/homo-digitalis\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Homo Digitalis<\/a> spoke to <a id=\"ember20543\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellenoregan\/\">Ellen O&#8217;Regan<\/a> and <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/politico-europe\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">POLITICO Europe<\/a> for our actions in the field of border management next to prominent academics (<a id=\"ember20544\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/niovivavoula\/\">Niovi Vavoula<\/a> &amp; <a id=\"ember20545\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deryaozkul\/\">Derya Ozkul<\/a>), civil society organisations (<a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/european-digital-rights\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">European Digital Rights<\/a>, Chlo\u00e9 Berth\u00e9l\u00e9my <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/border-violence-monitoring-network\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Border Violence Monitoring Network<\/a>, <a id=\"ember20546\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pauline-f-98b859119\/\">Pauline Fritz<\/a> and <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/equinoxrj\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Equinox: Racial Justice Initiative<\/a>, <a id=\"ember20547\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sarah-chander-765a0947\/\">Sarah Chander<\/a>), EU Bodies &amp; Agencies (<a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/european-commission\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">European Commission<\/a>, <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/europol\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Europol<\/a>, <a id=\"ember20548\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/claire-georges\/\">Claire Georges<\/a>, <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/frontex\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Frontex<\/a>) and the <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23hellenic&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>Hellenic<\/a> <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23dpa&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>DPA<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Our Executive Director <a id=\"ember20549\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eleftherios-chelioudakis\/\">Eleftherios Chelioudakis, LL.M, M.Sc<\/a>, represented us in this interview.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, the Hellenic DPA &#8220;wants to wrap up two long-running investigations this September, one into the Greek police\u2019s use of portable face and fingerprint scanning tools, and another into the Greek coast guard\u2019s adoption of social media monitoring software.&#8221; We are glad to hear that important progress has been made in these two cases initiated by Homo Digitalis and its allies, researcher Phoebus Simeonidis (<a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/omniatv\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">omniatv<\/a>), <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hias-greece\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">HIAS Greece<\/a>, <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hellenic-league-for-human-rights\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Hellenic League for Human Rights<\/a>, and <a class=\"YTEbxfHDGCFyuvPAyVvzNRyzZYcheiwKQ \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/privacy-international\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Privacy International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the journalist for her interest in our work! Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/digital-fortress-europe-test-lab-surveillance-tech\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] Homo Digitalis spoke to Ellen O&#8217;Regan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":135265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[447,478,490,492,495,981],"class_list":["post-135268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions","tag-algorithms","tag-strategic-litigation","tag-hellenic-data-protection-authority","tag-migration","tag-border-monitoring","tag-facial-recognition-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135270,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135268\/revisions\/135270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}