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Packed with loopholes: Why the AI Act fails to protect civic space and the rule of law

In a new analysis, ECF, Liberties and the European Center for Not-for-profit Law assess the AI Act from a civic space and rule of…...

After the trilogues, the EU AI Act falls short of needed guarantees to people

On 8 December, the EU institutions reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in a trilogue negotiation between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The...

Open letter to EU AI Act negotiators: Do not trade away our rights!

Friday 8 December 2023, Brussels As the supposedly final negotiation on the EU’s landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act drags on, the undersigned civil society coalition calls on lawmakers to...

Joint Letter: End the expansion of the EU’s EURODAC database

More than 100 civil society organisations have signed an open letter, urging the the EU to stop the expansion of EURODAC. Civil society calls for an end to the expansion…...

LdH – France must explain why it wants to weaken the supervision of the use of Artificial

On 24 October, the discussion on the content of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) enters what is known as a "trialogue", when the Commission, Parliament and Council seek a consensus between the...

JOINT LETTER: The AI Act must protect the Rule of Law

Liberties, ECF, ECNL and 60+ other CSOs call on EU lawmakers to pass an AI Act with robust safeguards for fundamental rights and the rule of law...

JOINT LETTER: EU policymakers: regulate police technology!

Civil society calls on the EU to draw limits on surveillance technology in the Artificial Intelligence Act...

JOINT STATEMENT – EU Trilogues: The AI Act must protect people’s rights

This statement was originally published by EDRi on 12/07/2023 A civil society statement on fundamental rights in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act As European Union institutions begin trilogue...

A missed opportunity: European Parliament upholds facial recognition ban, but fails to properly

In today’s AI Act vote, MEPs failed to protect society at large, not to mention vulnerable groups like migrants and refugees, and voted against measures to introduce proper complaints and...