other Safe by Default – Panoptykon Foundation and People vs BigTech’s Briefing Moving away from engagement-based rankings towards safe, rights-respecting, and human centric recommender systems. 05.03.2024
Article Polish Senate calls Pegasus illegal and demands scrutiny over secret services The Senate of Poland concluded its investigation on the use of Pegasus by Polish secret services to spy on ia. opposition politicians and unapologetic public persons. They declared that Pegasus should be considered illegal in Poland and the secret services should be put under strict and independent scrutiny. Doubts also arose around the fairness of Poland's 2019 elections. 12.09.2023 Text
other Response to the notion addressed by the special investigation commission formed to explain the Pegasus use in Poland Panoptykon and Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights responded to the notion directed to us by Marcin Bosacki, MP, requiring if the two organisations directed complaints to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the use of Pegasus or similar spyware agains Polish citizens 15.03.2024
other Joint Submission on the Commission’s Guidelines for Providers of VLOPs and VLOSEs on the Mitigation of Systemic Risks for Electoral Processes Part 1 introduces how recommender systems contribute to systemic risks. Part 2 responds to the Commission’s proposals to moderate virality of content that threatens the integrity of the electoral process. 07.03.2024
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