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🤝 How can CSOs use the EU #AIAct for good? ECNL's @Karolina Iwanska Iwanska underscores the need to recognise the shortcomings, especially in law enforcement, migration, national security. Together we can push for stronger safeguards! Visit #LearningCenterECNL to discover more:

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EU AI Act

Under the EU #DigitalServicesAct, big online platforms must assess risks related to their services. With Access Now we developed key criteria for these assessments. Did platforms listen? At the end of the month, they will have to publish their first risk assessments. In a joint statement, we detail the level of transparency we expect to see w/ @algorithmwatch @article19 @Liberties.EU @das_nettz @CDT Europe @speechfuture @globalwitness @isdglobal @Panoptykon & others. ➡️ 📄.pdf

💶Participatory budgeting has the potential to increase trust in institutions, and consider people's needs better when designing how to spend public funds. What are the necessary safeguards to make participatory budgeting meaningful? #ParticipationMatters 👇Click to find out in this new case study:

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Participatory budgeting: A tool to build trust in institutions and consider the needs of communities

As the EU is working on the next Multiannual Financial Framework, there is momentum to enhance democratic processes and trust in EU institutions.