.Center for Democracy & Technology submitted comments in response to Oversight Board’s request, based on cases from the U.S. and India it described as 'Explicit AI Images of Female Public Figures.' CDT’s Dhanaraj Thakur (@[email protected]) + Asha Allen with more info: cdt.org/insights/cdt-r… #GVB #disinformation

📢 Join us next week on 15 May for an online event addressing the aftermath of the Pegasus spyware scandal & its global impact!

Hear from a stellar line up of key institutional representatives & experts moderated by our own Asha Allen 🗣️

Register now 👉 bit.ly/3QCOBXh

We are thrilled to welcome Aimée Duprat-Macabies (Aimée Duprat) as our new Advocacy and Communications Officer 🎉

She brings experience from both civil society and the public sector, helping us advance our impact with a gender perspective.

So happy to have you!

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted the 1st ever Directive to combat violence against women. ⛔️
This is a historic step forward in the fight against  #GenderBasedViolence .
It also aims to tackle online #GBV & rightly recognises this pernicious form of misogyny and online harm.

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We joined a Ada Lovelace Institute & SaferAI workshop today on how to successfully develop an EU GPAI Code of Practice 🇪🇺 🤖

Great opportunity to share insights on civil society experiences in the development of Codes of Conduct and what lays ahead in the context of the #DSA

Today Tim Hughes shared his views on the Digital Services Act, the EU regulation to prevent illegal and harmful activities online and the spread of disinformation.

Read more in the thread from our partner Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe 👇

And now for the “nuts and bolts” 🔧
Participants have joined x5 technical workshops to delve into the detail on specific themes on the #DSA 🇪🇺
Stay tuned for an outcome report with specific recommendations to policy makers...

Excited to welcome our guests from civil society, member states and institutions to our 5th Civil Society Roundtable on establishing a multi-stakeholder approach to implementation & enforcement of the #DSA , in partnership with Open Gov Partnership.

Follow this 🧵for live coverage 👇

Looking forward to our 5th Civil Society Roundtable Event today with Open Gov Partnership 🙌

The focus: establishing a multi-stakeholder approach to implementation & enforcement of the #DSA . 👇

Elections threat - Fake news researchers are 'under persecution' - article from Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ, feat. Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe's David Klotsonis highlights researchers are struggling to access vital data to investigate issues such as the spread of 'fake news'. (In GR)👇
kathimerini.gr/society/562951…
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Iverna departs our office having created a strong legacy, an indelible mark on EU tech policy & digital regulation and will be missed!
In the meantime, our Asha Allen will step in as interim EU Office Director.
Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Our EU Tech Policy Brief is out 📨
🇪🇺 The #DSA has recently come into force - we report from the IViR & The DSA Observatory conference in Amsterdam
⚖️ The ECHR CEDH landmark judgement on Russian Telegram case & much more...
Read it here for the latest 👇
cdt.org/insights/eu-te…

📣NEW BLOG:
The EU's new #politicaladvertising Regulation just entered into the Official Journal, meaning these new rules are now binding! 🇪🇺

But will the law have an impact on the #EUelections2024 ? 🗳

Read it here 👇
cdt.org/insights/new-e…

. Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Asha Allen will be addressing IMCO Committee Press tomorrow on the enforcement of the #DSA - you can follow the discussion live online 👇

The #AIAct purports to be a human-centric piece of legislation. As civil society have long argued, the Act does not deliver on its human rights objectives.

Here's an overview of how the Act misses the mark 👇

CDT EU welcomes the EU Directive on #VAW but warns that the new rules to tackle online GBV create serious free expression concerns 🇪🇺 💻
The onus is now on Member States & industry to ensure its successful implementation - aligned with human rights law.
cdt.org/insights/cdt-e…
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An important moment to discuss what the EU is doing to protect elections 🇪🇺

Great to have attended the Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 event in the #EP featuring important voices such as whistleblowers Frances Haugen & Arturo Bejar, as well as Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa .

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The newly boosted CDT Europe team joined for our strategy meeting by Center for Democracy & Technology CEO AlexandraReeveGivens 🙌
A hugely productive day, getting to know each other and plenty in the works for the rest of 2024 and beyond...
Watch this space!
#teamspirit #techpolicy #EUtechpolicy

It's always a pleasure to hear Maria Ressa speak about the reality of online #GBV and challenges in our online spaces that pose a threat to our democracies. #NobelPrizeDialogue
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Looking forward to @eu_schoolnetEU's Policy Roundtable on combatting #genderbasedviolence online tomorrow.

👉 Our Asha Allen will be speaking on the panel on the EU's approach to addressing online #GBV

Join online: menable.eu/event/eu-polic…