Civil liberties organisation launches its election manifesto.
Submission to the European Commission on the establishment of the Scientific Panel under the EU AI Act
8 November 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the Draft Implementing Act establishing the Scientific Panel under the EU AI Act. In our letter in September 2024, we stressed the need to avoid conflicts of …
Facial recognition tech could mean innocent people being misidentified as criminal suspects
ICCL calls for all political parties to abandon plans for discriminatory tech in policing ahead of general election.
Australia’s hidden security crisis
How data about Australian defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors.
To scale Europe’s SMEs and startups, enforce EU Law against giant Chinese and US tech firms
Dr Johnny Ryan appeared before the European Parliament’s European People’s Party hearing of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on competitiveness and digital sovereignty.
The hazard of industry influence on the independent scientific panel
24 September 2024 ICCL Enforce has written to the European Commission to carefully scrutinise the candidates for the scientific panel to be established under the EU AI Act. AI companies have heavily invested in capturing academia to indirectly influence regulators. …
Submission to the Irish Government on AI Act Implementation
17 July 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the Irish government on the national implementation of the EU AI Act. By 2 August 2025, the Irish government will appoint the regulators responsible to enforce the AI regulation. ICCL …
Answering FAQs about Facial Recognition Technology
So what now? If you’re as concerned about FRT as we are, share this page with your friends and family; talk to each other about the dangers of this technology; tell your public representatives that you oppose the introduction of …
Irish Big Tech enforcement in 2023
Analysis of DPC’s 2023 Annual Report highlights problems in Big Tech enforcement up to end of 2023
ICCL disappointed at removal of recommender system measures from Online Safety Code
27 May 2024 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is disappointed that measures to address toxic algorithms have been removed from Coimisiún na Meán’s Online Safety Code, which is today being submitted to the European Commission for assessment. A …