IFES Symposium on AI & Disinformation
Prague, 13 September 2024: The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Regional Europe Office organised a Symposium on “AI, Disinformation, Coordination: Lessons from Europe’s 2024 Elections in Countering Influence Operations” in Prague.
Building on the recently published paper by IFES and the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, this symposium brought together democratic actors from across the region and from a variety [...]
AI and elections, AI impact on electoral processes, AI impact on freedom of expression, challenges to democracy by AI, challenges to elections by AI, EU AI Act, European elections, interference
European Union,General,International
The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and its impact on electoral processes
Vienna, 9 July 2024: The purpose of the EU AI Act is among others to “ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of the AI systems in the Union”. Adopted by the Council of the EU on 21 May 2024, the AI Act is expected to be published in the EU Official Journal during the second half of July 2024.
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2024 EP elections, accountability, AI Act, AI and elections, AI impact on electoral processes, AI impact on freedom of expression, challenges to elections by AI, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, EP elections 2024