Generative AI holds immense potential, but it’s crucial to steer its development toward the public good rather than profit alone. As civil society, we must be vigilant, collaborative, and proactive in advocating for ethical AI, ensuring technology serves to enhance our lives and protect fundamental rights.
Over the last months there has been an explosion of services driven by generative artificial intelligence. Consumer organizations in EU […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate our daily lives through virtual assistants and facial recognition tools, consumer and digital […]
The business advertising model based on mass surveillance and massive accumulation of personal data is under pressure. After years of civil society calling for a ban, and policymakers stopping short of taking decisive action, the industry seems to be hitting crunch point: Meta is under scrutiny in the EU where its practices are deemed illegal; the case against Grindr is moving through the court system, and so it the case against IAB Europe’s ‘best practice’ framework;and Google announced phasing out of third party cookies.
In the last years, an increasing body of evidence has emerged highlighting the detrimental effects of surveillance-based advertising on consumers, citizens, & democracy as a whole. Do we continue with the rounds of complaints and litigation, or is it time to take decisive action?
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Moderated by Calli Schroeder, Senior Counsel and Global Privacy Counsel at Electronic Privacy Information Center and TACD Digital committee co-chair.
This event was recorded on 11 March 2024.
Our lives are dominated by products and technologies which are interconnected and increasingly automated and adaptive. The shift towards the […]