by Marta | Dec 16, 2021 | Article
Energy communities, which organise collective and citizen-driven energy actions, will have an exponential role in the shift to renewables. They provide a decentralised and citizen-driven contribution to the flexibility of the electricity system through demand-response...
by Marta | Jan 14, 2021 | Article
On January 7, the European Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Civil society initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance practices’. This officialisation is a gamechanger: if the ECI – better...
by Marta | Dec 10, 2020 | Article
It is okay to be disoriented by the number of publications and guidelines about AI ethics. Since 2016, they have been booming. The inventory of AI ethics guidelines compiled by AlgorithmWatch lists over 160 of them, and it is continuously updated. Much has been said...
by Marta | Nov 5, 2020 | Article
Journalists and experts from across Europe contributed to the new Algorithm Watch annual report Automating Society, covering automated decision making systems deployment in 16 countries. For each, you can find a description of the most (ab)used ADMS and related...
by Marta | Oct 30, 2020 | Article
The European Science Hub released the most comprehensive report existing about the status of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) for social and public good in Europe. The characteristics of 131 blockchain projects are reviewed with a statistical analysis and...
