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ICCL Enforce Urges European Commission to Address Concentration in AI
11 March 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the European Commission’s call for contributions on competition in generative AI. This follows our previous submission to the European Commission that was specific to …
Europe should follow Africa’s lead on tech and elections
Thierry Breton urged to follow Africa’s lead with clear and concrete protections from tech for voters during elections.
Submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
2 February 2024 Earlier this week, ICCL along with a diverse group of organisations made a submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry. The submission builds on our submission to the UK competition authority.See ICCLs related work on …
More than 60 organisations urge strong action by Coimisiún na Meán on “recommender system” algorithms
Together, we present evidence of harms, and urge robust action Coimisiún na Meán’s draft Code for video platforms.
Submission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
9 January 2024 Along with a coalition of civil society organisations, ICCL has submitted comments in response to the UK’s competition authority’s Microsoft-OpenAI merger enquiry. Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI and the events of November 2023 indicate the influence Microsoft has …
ICCL submission on G7 generative AI consultation
25 October 2023The European Commission launched a one-week consultation on 13 October 2023 to gather views on G7 guiding principles on generative AI. These principles will result in a code of conduct, which organisations could commit to. This is not …
Flaws in the European Commission’s plan to fix GDPR procedures
ICCL has prepared amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for procedural harmonisation on cross-border GDPR enforcement.
ICCL Second Stage Briefing Note for Senators on Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill (2023)
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) broadly welcomes the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill, (PSCS Bill). This Bill introduces some welcome reforms, in line with recommendations by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI).
Media Commission urged to switch off Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
ICCL submits evidence and recommendations to the new Media Commission. Users must be able to use a platform without being exposed to toxic algorithms.