IFES Symposium on AI & Disinformation
Prague, 13 September 2024: The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Regional Europe Office organised a Symposium on “AI, Disinformation, Coordination: Lessons from Europe’s 2024 Elections in Countering Influence Operations” in Prague.
Building on the recently published paper by IFES and the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, this symposium brought together democratic actors from across the region and from a variety [...]
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The EU’s AI Act and its Impact on Electoral Processes
Brussels, Vienna, 10 September 2024: The EU passed several landmark legislative acts to regulate the digital space surrounding elections, including the AI Act, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) and the Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (TTPA), enhancing the broader fundamental rights and safeguards framework, ahead of the June 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections.
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Election-Watch.EU inivted to speak on Data Protection Day
Brussels, 28 January 2022: The Data Protection Officer of the European Commission, Mr. Martin Kröger, invited Election-Watch.EU to address EU Member States’ data protection office representatives at the occasion of the Data Protection Day on 28 January 2022. In this high level online seminar with European Data Protection Supervisor Mr. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, representatives from DG JUST (Head of Unit Ms. Marie-Helene Boulanger), DG CNECT (Ms. [...]
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