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Lukasz Olejnik

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16 Jun 2022 on disinformation, technology policy, standards

Regulating the fight with disinformation

The European Union is regulating disinformation. Well, sort of. While the issue is indeed discussed in regulations such as the Digital Services Act, it seems that the “executive” arm is the Code on Disinformation, as of now strengthened. It builds on the previous 2018 version which I criticised here. The…

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31 Jan 2022 on regulations, technology policy, data protection

Privacy analysis of European eID Regulation proposal

Privacy and data protection assessment of the eID Regulation. This assessment is prepared in response to a request by the LIBE Secretariat in the name of the MEP Cristian Terhes (rapporteur of eID file; requested on 19.01.2022). The focus of this assessment is data protection and privacy. Although…

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11 Oct 2021 on technology policy, standardisation, standards, policy, research

Designing technologies with Values? Possibility - Necessity - and European story.

Should technology be based on some set of moral values? Actually, technology is always based on some set of values. There is no denying that this or another way, technology is a vehicle for some kind of values. Whether these are capitalist, ordoliberal, digital Leninism, some form of digital sovereignty,…

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23 Apr 2021 on regulations, technology policy, AI, privacy, cybersecurity

Technically-focused analysis of AI Regulation - AI Governance and technical assessments

Artificial Intelligence and AI Governance are hot topics in this decade. European Union has a pretty ambitious attempt to regulate AI (project here). In this post, I have a look at the proposal through the technical lens, including paying attention to cybersecurity and privacy. The goal of the regulation is…

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15 Apr 2021 on technology policy, AI, cyber risk

European Union regulating AI - allowing the use of deepfakes

After the success of the GDPR, Europe is doubling down on setting the standards in Artificial Intelligence. It should be clear to everyone, especially after a version of the “REGULATION ON A EUROPEAN APPROACH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” project leaked. While it contains interesting AI governance ideas, I will withhold further…

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