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algorithmwatch.org
AI newbie or certified tech pro? Find out in our AI quiz
Event 25 September: The Individual in the Machine – Meredith Whittaker on reclaiming Privacy in the Age of AI
Just Hiring! How to Reduce Discrimination when Using Algorithms in Recruitment
Flagged by the Algorithm: Klarna Thought I’m a Fraudster
Over 40 NGOs call for a firm stance against US threats
Border Surveillance on the Move to Enforce Restrictive Measures
The EU Spends Big on Border Tech — But Has No Idea What It Gets
(When) Will AI Improve Women’s Health?
The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers
Infrastructure or Intrusion? Europe’s Conflicted Data Center Expansion
bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
Five things you need to know about the Online Safety Act
Stop Starmer’s plans for a checkpoint Britain
Biometric Update – New report on digital ID warns about a ‘checkpoint Britain’
Big Brother Watch warns of “Checkpoint Britain” in vital new report examining the dangers of digital ID
The Times – Digital ID scheme would threaten privacy rights
Starmer’s Checkpoint Britain: How Digital ID threatens our rights
Nation Cymru – Shoppers turned into “walking barcodes” by supermarket surveillance
Stop facial recognition
Rolling Stone – UK arrests for online speech “disturbing and disproportionate”
Independent – Keir Starmer on the verge of introducing digital ID cards for all
Responding to news that the government is on the verge of mandating digital ID
The Guardian – Met Police used new draconian stop & search powers against 47 protestors, research finds
bitsoffreedom.nl
Support for our case against Meta from EU DisinfoLab
Support for our case against Meta from Electronic Frontier Foundation
Support for our case against Meta from Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe
Support for our case against Meta from AI Forensics
Support for our case against Meta from ARTICLE 19
European member states continue attempt to undermine encryption
Press release: Bits of Freedom initiates summary proceedings against Meta in run-up to national elections
The risk of a data breach is always there
Civil society’s dependence on Big Tech
Halfway through the Implementation of the AI Regulation?
Annual report 2024: the last year when we were reliant on American tech?
Our dependence on Big Tech is no coincidence
blog.lukaszolejnik.com
Wave of seed Phrase theft via malicious Firefox browser extensions
Playing with Model Context Protocol and local Large Language Models for privacy engineering
Online inference with LLMs is a security and privacy risk
Prompt Injection and Mode Drift in Qwen3 - a security analysis
Google won’t kill third-party cookies after all
Blockchain and data protection (GDPR)
Reducing fingerprinting risk of Accept-Language browser header
Fixing web browser history leaks
Web Privacy Then and Now - 10 years after my Ph.D.
Pseudonymisation - the critical and the most exciting thing in data protection
Bypassing State app censorship or blockades with PWAs
Filling social media with indistinguishable AI-bots is illegal with EU AI Act
craphound.com
By all means, tread on those people
Enshittification (episode 500!)
Nimby and the D-Hoppers CONCLUSION
Nimby and the D-Hoppers
Why I don’t like AI art
There were always enshittifiers
With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It
Picks and Shovels virtual launch with Yanis Varoufakis and David Moscrop, presented by Jacobin
MLMs are the mirror-world version of community organizing
Announcing the Picks and Shovels book tour
Canada shouldn’t retaliate with US tariffs
The Weight of a Feather (The Weight of a Heart)
digitalnisvobody.cz
Narušit šifrovanou komunikaci chce tentokrát Dánsko. Pomůže Česko zablokovat návrh?
Konec rozpoznávání tváří na Letišti Václava Havla? Mělo k němu dojít už před půl rokem
Automatizované rozpoznávání tváří „konečně“ v Evropě
Vnitro chce rozpoznávat tváře bez patřičných pravidel a kontroly. Vyzýváme Senát k zamítnutí návrhu
Rodina a digisvět: registrujte se na seminář či rodičovské setkání
7 let s GDPR. Jak bylo a co čekat?
Pomocí soudů čistíme zdravotní registry od dat, které v nich nemají co dělat. Přidejte se
TZ: Plošné uchovávání dat o elektronické komunikaci v Česku je nelegální, uznal soud
Dvacáté Ceny Velkého bratra se blíží
TZ: Základní služby musí být dostupné offline. V dopise to žádají stovky evropských organizací a vědců
edri.org
Why Europe’s new tech laws have the world on edge
Deregulating digital rights: Why the EU’s war on ‘red tape’ should worry us all
Open Letter: The EU weakens the rules that safeguard people and the environment
EDRi warns against GDPR ‘simplification’ at EU Commission dialogue
Age verification gains traction: the EU risks failing to address the root causes of online harm
Denmark wants to break the Council deadlock on the CSA Regulation, but are they genuinely trying?
16 countries burned Poland’s bridges on the CSA Regulation: What now?
EDRi Annual Report 2024: Reinforcing digital rights and justice in uncertain times
CSA Regulation Document Pool
Public consultation on ”retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings”. Answering guide for civil society organisations and individu[...]
#PrivacyCamp25: The draft programme is out now
One year of the AI Act: What’s the political and legal landscape now?
eff.org
Appeals Court: Abandoned Phones Don’t Equal Abandoned Privacy Rights
ICE 🤝 Cyber Mercenaries | EFFector 37.12
When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of “Content Jail”
Mexican Allies Raise Alarms About New Mass Surveillance Laws, Call for International Support
California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign S.B. 524
Our Stop Censoring Abortion Campaign Uncovers a Social Media Censorship Crisis
EFF to Court: The Supreme Court Must Rein in Expansive Secondary Copyright Liability
San Francisco Gets An Invasive Billionaire-Bought Surveillance HQ
Rayhunter: What We Have Found So Far
Podcast Episode: Building and Preserving the Library of Everything
Executive Director Cindy Cohn Will Step Down After 25 Years with EFF
EFF Awards Spotlight Software Freedom Law Center, India
en.panoptykon.org
6 years in court fighting against arbitrary censorship. What about user empowerment promised by the DSA?
Panoptykon Foundation challenges the data retention regime in Poland: Telecom companies requested to delete activists’ data
New privacy policy
European Court of Human Rights: secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights
Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will
Algorithms of Trauma 2. How Facebook Feeds on Your Fears
Anxious about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget
Polish Senate calls Pegasus illegal and demands scrutiny over secret services
Scroll more, sleep less. A Black Mirror-inspired truck in Warsaw advertises a disturbing social network... that doesn’t exist
One Act to Rule Them All
epic.org
Second Circuit Affirms FCC Privacy Authorities over Subscriber Location Data, Similar to Recent DC Circuit Decision
Ninth Circuit Rejects NetChoice’s Attack on California’s Addictive Feed Regulation
StateScoop: Kansas AG sues governor over refusal to share SNAP data with feds
EPIC Recommends Additional Clarifications to Strengthen Privacy and Online Safety Protections for Minors in Comments to the Colorado Attorney General
EPIC Comments Urge New Jersey to Strengthen Data Privacy Act Through Rulemaking
ABA Journal: As Customs searches more electronic devices, lawyers have some considerations when they cross borders
Channel 3000: DMV is legally selling your information: How to opt-out
Bloomberg Law: Google’s Trial Loss Shows Distaste of Complicated Privacy Terms
BiometricUpdate.com: Facial recognition moves into vehicle lanes at US borders
The Record: Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit
irozhlas.cz-jancibulka
Nezletilí si mohou na Alza.cz koupit alkohol, věk ověří jen vyskakovací okno. ‚Nedostatečné,’ tvrdí inspekce
Statistický úřad zveřejnil kandidátní listiny. Ve sněmovních volbách se utká 26 uskupení
Digitalizační projekt za bezmála miliardu korun čelí kritice. ‚Hrozí kolaps‘ přípravy zákonů, varují úřady
Smyšlené oběti holokaustu a Ježíš z krevet. Facebook zaplavují příspěvky generované umělou inteligencí
Hráči Call of Duty čelí hackerům. Útoky v prostředí starších online her budou přibývat
Najdete chybu ve stavebním řízení? Můžete si říct o odměnu. Místní rozvoj spouští bug bounty
Vnitro roky vyvíjí systém za téměř miliardu. Před plným startem už ho plánuje za stovky milionů předělat
Pomáhá vám při seznamování AI? Aplikace sbírají citlivé údaje, nesdělujte jim všechno, radí Antivirus
Infostealery v akci: Jak hackeři kradou hesla a jak si ochránit počítač?
‚Kam to bude?‘ ptá se umělá inteligence. V některých obcích řeší dopravní chudobu inovativně
Nelegální bitcoin, co to je? Zkusit vyprat největší kryptoměnu na světě je extrémně obtížné
Zprávy na sociálních sítích nemusí být soukromé. Není od věci používat přezdívku, radí Antivirus
laquadrature.net
In France, the eternal return of facial recognition
French Administrative Supreme Court illegitimately buries the debate over internet censorship law
Predictive Policing in France: Against opacity and discrimination, the need for a ban
Algorithmic videosurveillance is spreading in Europe, let’s fight back together!
Simplification’ law: stop the data center boom!
« Simplification » Bill: a denial of democracy to impose giant data centers in France
All-out mobilization against the French “war-on-drugs” law
AI Action Summit: Accelerating, whatever the cost
Launch of the Hiatus Coalition, to Resist AI and its World
Justice finally finds Briefcam unlawful
privacyinternational.org
Key Concerns Regarding Governance in the Era of Militarisation of Tech
On the Applicable Legal Frameworks and Regulatory Gaps: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
Blurring the Line: How Militarisation of Tech is Reshaping our Town Squares Introduction
What is Militarisation of Tech?
How Data Drives the Militarisation of Tech
PI’s submission on the right to be safe in education
Which comes first, the Google search monopoly or the data?
Privacy International's submission on discrimination and the right to privacy
Privacy International's submission on Artificial Intelligence in counter-terrorism
Privacy International issues complaint to the UK regulator regarding the deployment of two algorithms for immigration purposes suspected of failing to[...]
publicknowledge.org
NGO,
US-based
Emerging Tech 2025
New Public Knowledge Paper Outlines How To Design a Digital Regulator To Enhance Competition, Protect Consumers
Public Knowledge Responds To Mark Meador’s FTC Confirmation
Building a Better Big Tech Mouse Trap: Designing the Digital Platform Commission
The Mysterious Case of the Chair of the F(icticious) C(haos) C(lub)
Privileged Conversations | April 2025
Slowing BEAD to Speed Up Satellites: Evaluating Trade-Offs in Rural Connectivity
The People’s Party | April 3
The Fight for Digital Inclusion: Digital Navigators Push for Funding Connectivity
Public Knowledge Condemns Trump’s Lawless Attack on FTC Independence
stopspying.org
S.T.O.P., Surveillance Technology Oversight Project,
ngo, usa-based
S.T.O.P. Condemns ICE Contract For Previously Banned Phone Hacking Tech
The NYPD’s False Facial Recognition arrest
S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD False Facial Recognition Arrest Of Innocent Black Man
A People's Handbook of Surveillance
S.T.O.P. Condemns Court Decision Granting DOGE Sweeping Surveillance Power
S.T.O.P. Condemns Adams’ NYCHA Surveillance Through Public Broadband
S.T.O.P., Morgan State University Release ‘People’s Handbook’ of NYC Surveillance
Do you have 3 minutes to make history?
S.T.O.P. Condemns Trump AI Action Plan as ‘Big Tech Bailout’
S.T.O.P. Condemns Adams’ Citizen Crowdsourced Surveillance Partnership
Anti-Surveillance Summer 2025 Reading!
Summer 2025 Intern Newsletter
themarkup.org
data journalism,
non-profit
The Markup named Sigma Award finalist
Congress moves to cut off states' AI regulations
The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse
House bill targets loopholes that let car insurance companies charge more in Black neighborhoods
This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data
We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech
California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol
House lawmakers demand answers from California health exchange on sending data to LinkedIn
California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?
Turnitin charged colleges vastly different amounts to detect plagarism
State AI regulations safe after Senate strips moratorium from ‘big, beautiful bill’
Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up
uoou.gov.cz
Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (státní instituce)
EDPB přijal Pokyny k harmonizaci DSA a GDPR
Novým předsedou Úřadu je opět Mgr. Jiří Kaucký
Zahájena registrace na Privacy Days Praha 2025
Senát zvolil kandidáta na nového předsedu Úřadu pro ochranu osobních údajů
Cílené úpravy GDPR: EDPB & EDPS vítají zjednodušení povinností při vedení záznamů o činnostech zpracování a žádají další vyjasnění
Cílené úpravy GDPR: EDPB & EDPS vítají zjednodušení povinností při vedení záznamů o činnostech zpracování a žádají další vyjasnění
EDPB zveřejňuje Pokyny k předávání údajů orgánům třetích zemí a školicí materiály SPE o umělé inteligenci (AI) a ochraně údajů
EDPB zveřejňuje Pokyny k předávání údajů orgánům třetích zemí a školicí materiály SPE o umělé inteligenci (AI) a ochraně údajů
Seminář ke kamerovým systémům ve školách zaznamenal rekord v historii Úřadu. Přihlásilo se 900 účastníků
Seminář ke kamerovým systémům ve školách zaznamenal rekord v historii Úřadu. Přihlásilo se 900 účastníků
25 let chráníme vaše soukromí – Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů slaví čtvrtstoletí své existence
25 let chráníme vaše soukromí – Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů slaví čtvrtstoletí své existence