Tag: AI
Von der Leyen charts Europe’s ‘digital decade’, evades platform economy challenge
Pandemics, protests, and power in digital spaces: the 44th U.N. Human Rights Council Session in review
In the context of COVID-19 and a wave of protests across the globe, the U.N. Human Rights Council held its 44th session. Here’s our read-out on the reports and resolutions that are key for defending digital rights around the world.
Brazil is sliding into techno-authoritarianism
Can we move beyond the AI hype to defend human rights?
Debunking AI myths may help us avoid blind techno-solutionism, to craft evidence-based public policy that supports AI uptake only when machine-learning systems are actually fit-for-purpose, and center and respect people and their rights.
Te vieron la cara: los riesgos del reconocimiento facial
Myth-busting AI won’t work
UK and Australian regulators launch probe into Clearview AI
Vestager warns against predictive policing in Artificial Intelligence
Facial recognition on trial: emotion and gender “detection” under scrutiny in a court case in Brazil
As AI-powered facial recognition systems are deployed around the world, it is imperative to ensure they do not facilitate human rights violations, especially of people and communities already at risk.