How data about Australian defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors.
To scale Europe’s SMEs and startups, enforce EU Law against giant Chinese and US tech firms
Dr Johnny Ryan appeared before the European Parliament’s European People’s Party hearing of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on competitiveness and digital sovereignty.
The hazard of industry influence on the independent scientific panel
24 September 2024 ICCL Enforce has written to the European Commission to carefully scrutinise the candidates for the scientific panel to be established under the EU AI Act. AI companies have heavily invested in capturing academia to indirectly influence regulators. …
Submission to the Irish Government on AI Act Implementation
17 July 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the Irish government on the national implementation of the EU AI Act. By 2 August 2025, the Irish government will appoint the regulators responsible to enforce the AI regulation. ICCL …
Answering FAQs about Facial Recognition Technology
So what now? If you’re as concerned about FRT as we are, share this page with your friends and family; talk to each other about the dangers of this technology; tell your public representatives that you oppose the introduction of …
Irish Big Tech enforcement in 2023
Analysis of DPC’s 2023 Annual Report highlights problems in Big Tech enforcement up to end of 2023
ICCL disappointed at removal of recommender system measures from Online Safety Code
27 May 2024 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is disappointed that measures to address toxic algorithms have been removed from Coimisiún na Meán’s Online Safety Code, which is today being submitted to the European Commission for assessment. A …
Facing Facts: Facial Recognition Technology Film Screening and Panel Discussion
A film screening of ‘Coded Bias’ and a discussion with Robert Williams, a man who was wrongfully arrested based on facial recognition technology. Join the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to hear from Robert Williams, a man who was wrongfully …
The UK Competition Authority Should Investigate the AI Partnerships now
13 May 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the CMA, the UK’s competition authority, on three AI partnerships: Microsoft/Inflection, Microsoft/Mistral, and Amazon/Anthropic. The CMA should investigate all these partnerships and assess their …
Submission to the European Commission on dual-use R&D funding
30 April 2024 ICCL Enforce wrote to the European Commission to keep funding for civil applications and defence applications separate, and not to normalise military research at academic institutions. Open science and international cooperation should be encouraged while funding for …
The Six Horsemen of the Digital Apocalypse
Six digital challenges facing the next European Commission
New manifesto for Europe
A roadmap for reimagining the mission, structure, and powers of the European Commission and European Parliament to restore freedom, opportunity, and prosperity to all its citizens by reining in and dispersing concentrated economic power.
ICCL Enforce Urges European Commission to Address Concentration in AI
11 March 2024 ICCL Enforce along with ally civil society organisations made a joint submission to the European Commission’s call for contributions on competition in generative AI. This follows our previous submission to the European Commission that was specific to …
European Court of Justice finds IAB Europe responsible for “TCF” consent spam popups across the Internet
Europe’s top court rules that IAB Europe is responsible under the GDPR for the “TCF” consent spam popups that appear on almost every website.
Europe should follow Africa’s lead on tech and elections
Thierry Breton urged to follow Africa’s lead with clear and concrete protections from tech for voters during elections.
Justice Committee highlights serious deficiencies with Facial Recognition Technology bill
27 February 2024 Committee asks An Garda Síochána to clarify how they intend to use FRT; calls on Justice Minister to address discrimination and accuracy concerns The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice has today [Tuesday] published its pre-legislative scrutiny report …
Tech companies will not save our kids: ICCL speaks at Oireachtas Children’s Committee
Dr Johnny Ryan and Dr Kris Shrishak speak at Oireachtas (Irish Parliament and Senate) committee on recommender systems, A.I. and children’s safety.
ICCL and DRI present to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023
13 February 2024 ICCL Senior Policy Officer Olga Cronin, along with our colleagues at Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023. …
Submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry
2 February 2024 Earlier this week, ICCL along with a diverse group of organisations made a submission to European Commission on Microsoft-OpenAI “partnership” merger inquiry. The submission builds on our submission to the UK competition authority.See ICCLs related work on …
More than 60 organisations urge strong action by Coimisiún na Meán on “recommender system” algorithms
Together, we present evidence of harms, and urge robust action Coimisiún na Meán’s draft Code for video platforms.