CDT Europe
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Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe 🇪🇺 Advancing EU law and tech policy with a focus on democracy and human rights.
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CDT Europe
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· Feb 5
As more Members of the European Parliament make the move to Bluesky, we've compiled a handy list of those working on digital policy 🛜 💻 🤖
Know someone who should be added? Send them our way!
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🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life.
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An Unrepresentative Democracy: How Disinformation and Online Abuse Hinder Women of Color Political Candidates in the United States
Executive Summary In a press interview, former Vermont state house representative Kiah Morris said she reported at least 26 incidents to the local police where she and her family felt threatened betw...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life.
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Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here:
👁️ New proposal on #CSAR
💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable
🟣 16 Days of Activism
⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws
✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections
👇 More about EU tech policy:
👁️ New proposal on #CSAR
💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable
🟣 16 Days of Activism
⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws
✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections
👇 More about EU tech policy:
EU Tech Policy Brief: November 2025
Welcome back to the CDT Europe’s Tech Policy Brief, covering the most pressing technology and internet policy issues in the EU.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy.
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy.
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: November 2025
Digital Sovereignty Summit Commits to Centering European Tech The much-anticipated Franco-German Digital Sovereignty Summit was hosted on 18 November in Berlin. Before an audience of over 900 partici...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe.
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CDT Europe’s Statement on the Digital Omnibus Package
On 19 November, the European Commission published the Digital Omnibus Package; a twinset of proposals suggesting amendments to crucial laws underpinning the EU digital rulebook, including the General ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
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CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online.
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
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Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
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CDT Europe Joins Letter against EU Digital Deregulation
CDT Europe has joined over 120 civil society organisations and trade unions in signing a joint letter urging the European Commission to immediately halt any attempts to reopen or weaken the EU’s core ...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online.
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
🗓️ On 7 Nov, our Equity & Data team is participating to @mozilla.org's #MozFest 2025!
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance.
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CDT Europe Responds to the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Consultation
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November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance.
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📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
CDT Europe’s Response to the Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment
CDT Europe welcomed the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
EU Tech Policy Brief: October 2025
Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@andre.netzpolitik.org is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik.org, focusing on #encryption, data retention & state #surveillance in Europe.
He is also a founding member of @digiges.bsky.social & @freiheitsrechte.org.
@andre.netzpolitik.org is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik.org, focusing on #encryption, data retention & state #surveillance in Europe.
He is also a founding member of @digiges.bsky.social & @freiheitsrechte.org.
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@andre.netzpolitik.org is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik.org, focusing on #encryption, data retention & state #surveillance in Europe.
He is also a founding member of @digiges.bsky.social & @freiheitsrechte.org.
@andre.netzpolitik.org is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik.org, focusing on #encryption, data retention & state #surveillance in Europe.
He is also a founding member of @digiges.bsky.social & @freiheitsrechte.org.
🗓️ On 7 Nov, our Equity & Data team is participating to @mozilla.org's #MozFest 2025!
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🗓️ On 7 Nov, our Equity & Data team is participating to @mozilla.org's #MozFest 2025!
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 New EU #AI strategies: ApplyAI & AI in Science
🔹 Civil society and industry’s takes ahead of the Digital Omnibus
🔹 The Commission's 2026 work plan: more simplification and key AI files
Read more & subscribe 👇
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This edition covers:
🔹 New EU #AI strategies: ApplyAI & AI in Science
🔹 Civil society and industry’s takes ahead of the Digital Omnibus
🔹 The Commission's 2026 work plan: more simplification and key AI files
Read more & subscribe 👇
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CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: October 2025
European Commission Launches AI strategies In early October, the European Commission announced the launch of two new AI strategies: the ApplyAI strategy and the AI in Science strategy, respectively fo...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 New EU #AI strategies: ApplyAI & AI in Science
🔹 Civil society and industry’s takes ahead of the Digital Omnibus
🔹 The Commission's 2026 work plan: more simplification and key AI files
Read more & subscribe 👇
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
This edition covers:
🔹 New EU #AI strategies: ApplyAI & AI in Science
🔹 Civil society and industry’s takes ahead of the Digital Omnibus
🔹 The Commission's 2026 work plan: more simplification and key AI files
Read more & subscribe 👇
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
Last week, CDT Europe announced the creation of its new Advisory Council. Today, we present the Council’s Chair: @sophieintveld.bsky.social
Former MEP & rapporteur of the PEGA Committee,she has collaborated with our Security & Surveillance team in events on #spyware
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Former MEP & rapporteur of the PEGA Committee,she has collaborated with our Security & Surveillance team in events on #spyware
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Last week, CDT Europe announced the creation of its new Advisory Council. Today, we present the Council’s Chair: @sophieintveld.bsky.social
Former MEP & rapporteur of the PEGA Committee,she has collaborated with our Security & Surveillance team in events on #spyware
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Former MEP & rapporteur of the PEGA Committee,she has collaborated with our Security & Surveillance team in events on #spyware
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🚀 We are excited to welcome a new team member!
@selisegraham.bsky.social is the new EU Schuman Fulbright Fellow, joining the Security & Surveillance programme to work on EU #cybersecurity policies about intrusive and harmful uses of technologies, ranging from #spyware to social media platforms.
@selisegraham.bsky.social is the new EU Schuman Fulbright Fellow, joining the Security & Surveillance programme to work on EU #cybersecurity policies about intrusive and harmful uses of technologies, ranging from #spyware to social media platforms.
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚀 We are excited to welcome a new team member!
@selisegraham.bsky.social is the new EU Schuman Fulbright Fellow, joining the Security & Surveillance programme to work on EU #cybersecurity policies about intrusive and harmful uses of technologies, ranging from #spyware to social media platforms.
@selisegraham.bsky.social is the new EU Schuman Fulbright Fellow, joining the Security & Surveillance programme to work on EU #cybersecurity policies about intrusive and harmful uses of technologies, ranging from #spyware to social media platforms.
⏰ Only two days left to apply to become part of CDT Europe’s team!
👇🏻 Learn more about the position here:
👇🏻 Learn more about the position here:
Join CDT Europe’s team! 🌍✨
We’re #hiring our next Policy & Research Officer for the Security, Surveillance & Human Rights programme based in Brussels.
👁️ Are you passionate about EU tech policy, and an expert in #spyware & #encryption issues? This might be the right position for you! 👇🏻
We’re #hiring our next Policy & Research Officer for the Security, Surveillance & Human Rights programme based in Brussels.
👁️ Are you passionate about EU tech policy, and an expert in #spyware & #encryption issues? This might be the right position for you! 👇🏻
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
⏰ Only two days left to apply to become part of CDT Europe’s team!
👇🏻 Learn more about the position here:
👇🏻 Learn more about the position here:
📢 Today, CDT Europe is proud to announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of #technology, policy, and democracy in Europe.
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
CDT Europe Announces Inaugural Advisory Council
The Advisory Council Membersto announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of technology, policy, and de...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📢 Today, CDT Europe is proud to announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of #technology, policy, and democracy in Europe.
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
👁️ Today, our Secretary General @ashaoallen.bsky.social participated in MFRR Summit on “Safeguarding Journalism, Defending Democracy”, speaking on a panel on #spoofing, #surveillance, and #spyware against journalists.
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
👁️ Today, our Secretary General @ashaoallen.bsky.social participated in MFRR Summit on “Safeguarding Journalism, Defending Democracy”, speaking on a panel on #spoofing, #surveillance, and #spyware against journalists.
💬 On 22 September, CDT Europe and @opengovpartnership.org brought together around 50 representatives from civil society, European institutions, Member States and regulatory authorities to discuss the implementation status of the #AIAct.
👇🏻 Here is what came out of the discussion:
👇🏻 Here is what came out of the discussion:
7th Civil Society Roundtable “Ensuring the Effective Implementation of the AI Act: Charting a Way Forward”
On 22 September 2025, CDT Europe and OGP hosted a roundtable on the effective implementation of the AI Act.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
💬 On 22 September, CDT Europe and @opengovpartnership.org brought together around 50 representatives from civil society, European institutions, Member States and regulatory authorities to discuss the implementation status of the #AIAct.
👇🏻 Here is what came out of the discussion:
👇🏻 Here is what came out of the discussion: