The Future of Civil Societies
What are the trends and drivers that shape our world and the work of civil society? A foresight paper by James Logan written as part of ECNL’s strategy development process.
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Europe’s Real Security Challenge: Reclaiming Democracy
In this blog Vanja Skoric and Florian Irminger argue that defending civic space, public participation and human rights must become a core pillar of EU security policy.
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First Civic Space Watch alerts under MACS
Here are the latest developments in European civic space emerging from the Early Warning and Alert System, developed as part of the MACS (Monitoring Action for Civic Space) project.
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Alert: The Hungarian draft Law on Transparency of Public Life
Under the guise of national sovereignty: can this law withstand scrutiny by EU, global human rights and anti-money laundering bodies? Spoiler: Absolutely not.
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Uniting for democracy: How we can work together to address challenges to people's rights and civil society
A roadmap for civil society, funders and allies as we reimagine how to strengthen democracy and collective action.
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Hungary’s new biometric surveillance laws violate the AI Act
This legal analysis lays out how Hungary's new legislation on facial recognition technology violates the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.
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Algorithmic gatekeepers: Impacts of LLM content moderation on civic space and human rights
As large language models increasingly influence online discourse, a new ECNL report explores how these powerful tools can be used more responsibly to reduce harms for civil society and marginalised groups.
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The EU needs AI liability rules
ECNL with Article 19, CDT, Mozilla, BEUC and Enforce sign joint letter urging the EU to address legal gaps left by the AILD withdrawal, and ensure clear and simple rules for people to seek compensation when harmed by an AI system.
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Stopping SLAPPs: How adopting the EU’s Anti-SLAPP Directive could protect investigative journalists
We have to closely watch how the new legal safeguards translate into real-world protection, says ECNL in Reporters Shield blog.
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