This is a well deserved recognition of Paul’s dedication to this work, and that of all those involved.
Read more about the full list of prize winners: www.inria.fr/en/fake-view...
Congratulations to our researcher Dr. Paul Bouchaud, who was awarded the Innovation Prize at the @viginum.bsky.social × Inria Scientific Prize.
The prize recognized the paper “Beyond Guidelines: Assessing Meta’s Political Ad Moderation in the EU,” co-authored with VIGINUM.
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Alongside this paper, AI Forensics published the report "No Embargo In Sight: Meta Lets Pro-Russia Propaganda Ads Flood the EU," which contributed to the evidence base that informed the European Commission’s formal investigation into Meta.
The story covers investigations into Grok, Meta's political ads, and recommender systems' impact on youth mental health. But it also covers a less visible issue: why independent, long-term funding is essential if civil society is to keep producing key evidence for enforcement.
💬 Among other issues, “Victims should not be forced to prove, after [an] image has been created and is already circulating, that they did not authorize it.”
Read the full article: www.techpolicy.press/eu-lawmakers...
As our Head of Research, Salvatore Romano, notes:
"We were trying to enforce some of the principles of the DSA even before it was approved. Now, we are one of the civil society organisations contributing to making DSA enforcement possible."
Read the report: limelight.foundation/articles/our...
Last week's EU ban on AI nudifiers was one of few positive outcomes from the "simplification" process that culminated in the Digital Omnibus package.
But as our researcher Silvia Semenzin noted recently in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a ban alone cannot be the final answer to TFGBV.
🔎 What does it take to make platform accountability possible?
Limelight Foundation's latest annual report features AI Forensics and traces our journey from Tracking Exposed to the adversarial audits that now help inform DSA enforcement.
