Article European Court of Human Rights: secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights According to the precedent judgment announced today by the European Court of Human Rights, the operational-control regime, the retention of communications data, and the secret-surveillance regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Poland violate the right to privacy. The activists from Poland’s Panoptykon Foundation and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, and the human rights lawyer who filed the application, expect the government to change the respective legislation without further delay. 28.05.2024 Text
other “Pay or ok”: noyb addresses the European Data Protection Board Organizacje broniące prywatności apelują o sprzeciw wobec modelu „pay or okay”. 22.02.2024
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
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
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 confirming that Internet platforms cannot block users at will. The court also confirmed that banned users have the right to sue in their own country. 14.03.2024 Text
