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Activists v. Poland. European Court of Human Rights hearing on uncontrolled...
04.11.2022On September 27 the hearing was held at the European Court of Human Rights, following the application against Poland lodged by activists from Poland’s Panoptykon Foundation and Helsinki...
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24.02.2023Data retention obligation will not be further extended in Polish law on electronic communication. However, the current, unlawful scope of telecommunication data retention remains unchanged....
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24.02.2023Winter 2022/2023 seems to be a spectacular time in the history of Artificial Intelligence. It is so even though the current hype is an effect of mass popularization rather than a real...
View ArticleCase challenging Meta’s arbitrary removal of Polish NGO’s accounts finally in...
13.03.2023SUMMARY: The first court hearing in the case between a Polish NGO and Meta took place before the Warsaw District Court on 7 February 2023. The hearing was conducted almost four years after...
View ArticleAI Act: we call on MEPs to put our fundamental rights first
28.04.2023As the European Parliament gets ready to vote on the AI Act, we call on MEPs to put our fundamental rights first and protect the people affected by AI systems.Without proper regulation, AI...
View ArticleDSA: Polish translation needs correction. Transparency rules for recommender...
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View ArticleOne Act to Rule Them All
23.08.2023What Is At Stake In the AI Act Trilogue?We enter the final stage of the negotiations of the AI Act – the first comprehensive law regulating the development and implementation of artificial...
View ArticleScroll more, sleep less. A Black Mirror-inspired truck in Warsaw advertises a...
31.08.2023“Our algorithm will suck you in”, “Scroll more, sleep less”. These are slogans from a “new, revolutionary social platform” Vlop!, being advertised on a mysterious, Black Mirror-like LED...
View ArticlePolish Senate calls Pegasus illegal and demands scrutiny over secret services
12.09.2023The Senate of Poland concluded its investigation on the use of Pegasus by Polish secret services to spy on ia. opposition politicians and unapologetic public persons. They declared that...
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Anxious about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget
06.12.2023There is little point in telling Facebook which posts you do not want to see – it will not listen. A new study by the Panoptykon Foundation entitled The Algorithms of Trauma 2 has shown that...
View ArticleSuccessful advocacy: the government declares no further extension of data...
Data retention obligation will not be further extended in Polish law on electronic communication. However, the current, unlawful scope of telecommunication data retention remains unchanged. Our...
View ArticleChatGPT – AI for everyone. About time to regulate it
Winter 2022/2023 seems to be a spectacular time in the history of Artificial Intelligence. It is so even though the current hype is an effect of mass popularization rather than a real scientific...
View ArticleCase challenging Meta’s arbitrary removal of Polish NGO’s accounts finally in...
The first court hearing in the case between a Polish NGO and Meta took place before the Warsaw District Court on 7 February 2023. The hearing was conducted almost four years after the organisation sued...
View ArticleAI Act: we call on MEPs to put our fundamental rights first
As the European Parliament gets ready to vote on the AI Act, we call on MEPs to put our fundamental rights first and protect the people affected by AI systems.
View ArticleDSA: Polish translation needs correction. Transparency rules for recommender...
We found an essential mistake in the Polish official translation of the Article 27 of Digital Services Act:Recommender system transparency1. Providers of online platforms that use recommender systems...
View ArticleOne Act to Rule Them All
We enter the final stage of the negotiations of the AI Act – the first comprehensive law regulating the development and implementation of artificial intelligence. The lack of transparency of the...
View ArticleScroll more, sleep less. A Black Mirror-inspired truck in Warsaw advertises a...
“Our algorithm will suck you in”, “Scroll more, sleep less”. These are slogans from a “new, revolutionary social platform” Vlop!, being advertised on a mysterious, Black Mirror-like LED truck, cruising...
View ArticlePolish Senate calls Pegasus illegal and demands scrutiny over secret services
The Senate of Poland concluded its investigation on the use of Pegasus by Polish secret services to spy on ia. opposition politicians and unapologetic public persons. They declared that Pegasus should...
View ArticleAnxious about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget
There is little point in telling Facebook which posts you do not want to see – it will not listen. A new study by the Panoptykon Foundation entitled The Algorithms of Trauma 2 has shown that the...
View ArticleWin against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will
By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN, the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative), Meta has infringed on the organization’s personal rights. On Wednesday, a...
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