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12° Free Software Conferences: updating the discussions
From September 13 to 16 we met between workshops, talks, corridors, and coffee breaks at the Free Software Conference. In different classrooms of the National University of Cordoba we met to listen, tell, learn, debate and build. The meeting took place and we grew in...
Vía Libre started legal actions to protect the electoral rights of the citizens of Buenos Aires.
By means of this action, Fundación Vía Libre requested the court to suspend the use of the system contracted to the firm MSA (Magic Software de Argentina) until the correct fulfillment of the right to vote is guaranteed in the context of this year's elections of...
Workshop at RightsCon
More than 100 people participated in the workshop "EDIA, assessing Stereotypes and Discrimination in Artificial Intelligence" given by the ethics team of Fundación Vía Libre in Costa Rica, within the framework of the World Summit RightsCon. For this opportunity...
New report: Legal protection of inferred personal data
Nowdays data is not collected, it is inferred. In a context in which the advance of technology makes it possible to build information about all of us all the time, it becomes essential to think about the protection of personal data arising from these processes. In...
What is being discussed at SCCR 43 at WIPO?
Once again, a delegation of Fundación Vía Libre will participate in the World Intellectual Property Organization's Copyright and Related Rights Committee Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Our organization is accredited as Observer to WIPO since 2007 and participates in...
Challenges for a Fair AI
In this document, we elaborated a list of technical recommendations for the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, specifically Machine Learning based systems. These recommendations are the result of structured interviews with people who work in...
Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab Announces Projects Recommended for CFP Funding
On Friday, Jan. 28, the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab announced more than two dozen projects recommended for funding totaling over $500,000. The projects were submitted in response to the lab’s initial Call for Proposals (CFP). The call sought proposals focused on at...
Concern about the inclusion of the DNI in the Census
Civil society organizations, academics and researchers are concerned about the inclusion of a series of questions on sensitive data along with the Census nomination based on a question that requests the ID of the person surveyed. We sent a letter expressing our...
Vía Libre at Rightscon 2021
Vía Libre participated in the 10th Anniversary of RightsCon with several events and sessions. This #RightsCon we came together to solve problems, build partnerships, and achieve tangible outcomes. 🎉Here are some highlights!🎉 Ps: We'd love to hear from you! What were...
30 Groups Denounce Facebook’s Plan to Extended Data Collection by Pestering WhatsApp Users, Degrading Features
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of 28 groups across the globe today sent a letter to Facebook demanding the company stop intimidating WhatsApp users to accept extended data collection, originally set to take effect on May 15. Instead of forcing users to immediately...
International research organizations support WTO Trips Waiver for Covid-19
Available at Infojustice under CCby License Over 250 organizations and prominent researchers and experts, representing millions of researchers, educators, libraries, and support organizations globally, call for reduction of copyright barriers to COVID-19 prevention,...
More than 170 Civil Society Groups Worldwide Oppose Plans for a Big Tech Dominated Body for Global Digital Governance
Not only in developing countries but also in the US and EU, calls for stronger regulation of Big Tech are rising. At the precise point when we should be shaping global norms to regulate Big Tech, plans have emerged for an ‘empowered’ global digital governance body...