Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to the European Parliament’s vote on how artificial intelligence systems should be governed under the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor at Amnesty International, said: “Today the European Parliament sent a strong signal that...
11th May 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to the final recommendations and report published today by the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, which urges the European Union (EU) to more tightly regulate the use, manufacture and trade of spyware, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, said: ...
9th May 2023
Letters
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum and migration
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard has sent an open letter calling on the Rapporteurs and members of leading committees on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to prohibit the use of certain artificial intelligence (AI) systems which are incompatible with human rights of...
26th April 2023
Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Ahead of the AI Act vote in the European Parliament, civil society calls on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ensure the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) prioritises fundamental rights and protects people affected by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Increasingly we see the...
19th April 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to the French National Assembly’s decision to permit the use of mass video surveillance technology powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the 2024 Olympics, Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International’s Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation, said: “France’s decision to allow the use of...
3rd April 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
French lawmakers must reject any plans to use video surveillance powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Such draconian technologies of mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and can lead to violations of the...
20th March 2023
Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Asylum and migration
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) will regulate the development and use of ‘high-risk’ AI, and aims to promote the uptake of ‘trustworthy AI’ whilst protecting the rights of people affected by AI systems. Amnesty International together with 163 civil society organizations and...
6th December 2022
Letters
European Union Member States
EU policy on human rights
Joint Civil Society letter bringing to the attention of EU member states a number of serious shortcomings in the Council position on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) (COM/2021/206) currently under negotiation by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This communication...
17th October 2022
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Business and Human Rights
No more exploitation, no more environmental destruction, no more unjust business practices by European companies. Those are the demands of the Justice is Everybody’s Business campaign, launched today in Brussels by nearly 100 civil society and trade union organisations. The campaign urges the EU to...
6th September 2022
Statements And Reports
Business and Human Rights
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has crossed the finish line, with the European Parliament adopting the proposal in a vote on 5 July 2022. This landmark digital regulation has gone through the legislative process in record speed and is expected to be of similarly transformative force as the EU’s...
8th July 2022
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Business and Human Rights
European Union institutions are failing to end the rampant human rights violations committed with spyware, Amnesty International said today, after the organization independently confirmed new attacks using Pegasus spyware against prominent Catalans. New research by the Citizen Lab has revealed how...
26th May 2022
Press Releases
Business and Human Rights
The political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA) that was reached by co-legislators is a landmark moment in the history of Internet regulation, Amnesty International has said today. The DSA includes new rules that will require Big Tech platforms – including Facebook and...
23rd April 2022