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Article Panoptykon at CPDP 2026: Fair, sovereign and authentically personalised. A benchmark for digital services made in Europe Panoptykon will be present at the CPDP conference in Brussels this season with a panel on digital fairness and consumer empowerment. Panoptykon’s president Katarzyna Szymielewicz will lead the discussion featuring DG Justice and Norwegian Consumer Council. Text
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Article DSA vs. Reality: Are children safer online? What needs to be done to make social media a safer space for people of all ages? Text
Article Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN, the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative), Meta has infringed on the organization’s personal rights. On Wednesday, a Polish court issued a watershed decision in a case supported by the Panoptykon Foundation, thereby… Text
Article IGF 2020: Aiming for AI explainability: lessons from the field. Summary of the session AI systems will soon determine our rights and freedoms, shape our economic situation and physical wellbeing, affect market behaviour and natural environment. With the hype for ‘problem-solving’ AI, claims for (more) accountability in this field are gaining urgency. Summary of the IGF 2020 session:… Text
Report New report: To track or not to track? Towards privacy-friendly and sustainable online advertising Our new report: To Track or Not to Track? Towards Privacy-friendly and Sustainable Online Advertising shows that it’s actually possible to reform the ad tech industry without bankrupting online publishers. But in order to make that happen, EU policymakers must create a regulatory push by enforcing… Text
Article New Ad Tech class action: Oracle and Salesforce taken to court in the Netherlands Dutch Foundation The Privacy Collective has sued tech giants Oracle and Salesforce for their online advertising practices. In the Netherlands alone, these two companies are processing millions of people’s data in a manner that is not GDPR compliant. Panoptykon stands with The Privacy Collective in… Text
Article Our response in the EU consultations on the Digital Services Act In our submission to the DSA consultation, we propose a set of measures aimed at addresing the troubling societal and individual costs generated by business models of large online platforms. Text
Article Webinar “Privacy & Tracing Apps – Why Standards Matter” Katarzyna Szymielewicz participated in the Webinar “Privacy & Tracing Apps – Why Standards Matter” organized by Alexandra Geese (MEP). Recording now available via YouTube. Text
Article New report: Who (really) targets you? Facebook in Polish election campaigns Do Polish political parties microtarget voters? What is the role of Facebook? How to regulate (political) advertising? Read our new report — Who (really) targets you? Facebook in Polish election campaigns. Text
Report Black-Boxed Politics: Opacity is a Choice in AI Systems By Agata Foryciarz, Daniel Leufer and Katarzyna S Text
Article 10 Reasons Why Online Advertising is Broken The online advertising economy is not a win-win situation, despite what the ad industry claims. Here are 10 reasons why. Text
Guide Behavioural Advertising 101 A brief introduction to the types of ads we encounter online — and what they know about us Text