A film screening of ‘Coded Bias’ and a discussion with Robert Williams, a man who was wrongfully arrested based on facial recognition technology. Join the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to hear from Robert Williams, a man who was wrongfully …
The UK Competition Authority Should Investigate the AI Partnerships now
13 May 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the CMA, the UK’s competition authority, on three AI partnerships: Microsoft/Inflection, Microsoft/Mistral, and Amazon/Anthropic. The CMA should investigate all these partnerships and assess their …
Submission to the European Commission on dual-use R&D funding
30 April 2024 ICCL Enforce wrote to the European Commission to keep funding for civil applications and defence applications separate, and not to normalise military research at academic institutions. Open science and international cooperation should be encouraged while funding for …
The Six Horsemen of the Digital Apocalypse
The six Grand Challenges in digital that face the next European Commission, and what to do about them.
New manifesto for Europe
A roadmap for reimagining the mission, structure, and powers of the European Commission and European Parliament to restore freedom, opportunity, and prosperity to all its citizens by reining in and dispersing concentrated economic power.
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 …
European Court of Justice finds IAB Europe responsible for “TCF” consent spam popups across the Internet
Europe’s top court rules that IAB Europe is responsible under the GDPR for the “TCF” consent spam popups that appear on almost every website.
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.
Tech companies will not save our kids: ICCL speaks at Oireachtas Children’s Committee
Dr Johnny Ryan and Dr Kris Shrishak speak at Oireachtas (Irish Parliament and Senate) committee on recommender systems, A.I. and children’s safety.
ICCL and DRI present to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023
13 February 2024 ICCL Senior Policy Officer Olga Cronin, along with our colleagues at Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023. …