Articles
Under the Spotlight: Will Facial Recognition Return to Buenos Aires?
The Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is once again pushing for the deployment of facial recognition systems in public spaces. Fundación Vía Libre, acting as amicus curiae (Friend of the Court), has filed a new motion in the lawsuit titled "O.D.I.A. y...
Taylor-made AI. Why choose small models?
The offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Buenos Aires hosted our talk “Tailor-Made Artificial Intelligence,” delivered by Matías Bordone—a Computer Science graduate, industry programmer specializing in intelligent agents, and Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science...
What is the State hiding when it uses AI?
Pulso Ambiental No. 26 “A new world: the emergence of artificial intelligence” The State enthusiastically announces the implementation of artificial intelligence, but keeps confidential what types of software programs it hires and how they were trained. In this...
Do We Live in a State of Hyper-Surveillance? | Vía Libre on #EsMasComplejo on Canal de la Ciudad
In this broadcast of the TV show "Es más complejo", aired on Canal de la Ciudad, Nicolás Lucca analyzes the impact of surveillance technologies on privacy and civil rights alongside Dr. Margarita Trovato. Trovato is an attorney who graduated from the University of...
Informational hearing in Congress: Sovereignty or backyard?
Fundación Vía Libre Participated in the Informational Hearing on the National Sovereignty Bill. Deputy Juan Marino invited various civil society organizations and stakeholders to share their perspectives during the informational hearing held this Friday, September 25,...
Faces Under Scrutiny: The Judiciary Analyzes a New Facial Recognition System in the City of Buenos Aires
by Margarita Trovato This Friday, September 25, a new hearing was held in the ongoing legal case over the use of facial recognition in the City of Buenos Aires (Odia and others vs.GCABA). This session focused on a public tender promoted by the Buenos Aires City...
The AI Apocalypse TRAP | Vía Libre on #IndustriaNacional on Gelatina
Vía Libre visited the studio of the show Industria Nacional on the streaming platform Gelatina, hosted by Pedro Rosemblat alongside Marcos Aramburu and his team. The panel featured a specialized group including Beatriz Busaniche—president of Fundación Vía Libre—, Manu...
Vía Libre present at UNESCO Digital Learning Week: AI Sovereignty, a multidimensional concept
Luciana Benotti and Marcos Javier Gómez attended UNESCO's Digital Learning Week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The event took place from September 8 to 11. Under the theme “Education in the era of AI: Facts | Frictions | Frontiers”, Digital Learning Week...
The Digital Dispute: Updating the Personal Data Law
As part of the cycle of four talks on digital sovereignty in Argentina organized by the Becerra Chair (Convergence Politics, Communication Sciences Program, University of Buenos Aires), Beatriz Busaniche participated in the panel "The Digital Dispute: Updating the...
Global Consultation on the Integration of AI in Educational Processes
As part of Digital Learning Week 2026, UNESCO opened a global consultation on the need to maintain education as a public good in the era of AI. This consultation is supported by the release of a series of discussion papers on the adoption and impact of AI in education...
We presented the paper ‘Digital and AI sovereignty: four evidence-informed cases’ at UNESCO
During UNESCO's Digital Learning Week in Paris, France, the paper 'Digital and AI sovereignty: four evidence-informed cases' - authored by Luciana Benotti, Beatriz Busaniche, Marcos Javier Gómez, and Margarita Trovato, members of Fundación Vía Libre - was presented....
Cartographies of Opacity: Spyware, Public Procurement, and Regulatory Fragmentation in Argentina
Vía Libre at Lavits, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, August 28, 2026. We presented the findings of two years of research into intrusive technologies in Argentina. In a panel titled “Cartographies of Opacity: Spyware, Public Procurement, and Regulatory Fragmentation in...











