Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads in Europe. For 15+ years in the Brussels maze.
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Jan Penfrat
I'll be moderating an event about the current deregulation agenda, and the risk that it will weaken Europe, next week. More info here: edri.org/our-work/fig...
Who would have thought that #surveillance cameras in public spaces would be abused by men, eh sorry I meant creeps.
In other news, Belgian #police has since recently gained warrantless real-time access to 21,000 surveillance cameras in trains, subways, trams, busses, and stations. What could […]
Jan Penfrat
RE: https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnes/116766459997022139
Europe: We have successfully launched our public response to the US billionaire-dominated space race! We've used this #Ariane6 launch to put... ehm *checks notes*... put 36 #satellites from this other US billionaire into space. 🤷
A big new release after months of work is a good time to mention that #Mastodon is crowdfunded. Unlike many other platforms out there, we don’t take venture capital, we don’t sell ads, and we don’t sell your data. We rely on your donations to pay our team. Please consider chipping in […]
AI's #environmental #impact is no joke.
"By 2030, #AI infrastructure could generate up to 2.5 million metric tons of e-waste each year, roughly equivalent to discarding 250 Eiffel Towers annually" (page 13).
Roughly 50 pages on this very important matter by a team of reasearchers at the United […]
#Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI
"This briefing examines how standalone generative #AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through […]
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Dave Keating
Civil society experts, lawmakers, regulators, and journalists are coming together in Brussels to make the case for a bold public-interest vision of technology policy.
