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The AI law is not sufficient: we must address the dangerous loopholes that enable abuse and violate people's rights.

This is a machine translation back into the original’s language. The original: The AI Act isn’t enough: closing the dangerous loopholes that enable rights violations

While the EU's AI legislation aims to regulate high-risk AI systems, it is undermined by significant exceptions that allow for their uncontrolled application in the context of national security and law enforcement.

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These exceptions risk, among other things, enabling mass surveillance of protests and discriminatory migration practices. To prevent this, the EDRi partner Danes je nov has published recommendations for Slovenia to implement stricter national safeguards and transparent oversight mechanisms. The post "The AI legislation is not..."

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While the EU's AI legislation aims to regulate high-risk AI systems, it is weakened by significant exceptions that allow for their uncontrolled application in the context of national security and law enforcement. These exceptions risk enabling mass surveillance of protests and discriminatory migration practices. To prevent this, the EDRi partner Danes je nov has published recommendations for Slovenia to implement stricter national safeguards and transparent oversight mechanisms. The article "The AI Act is not enough: closing the dangerous loopholes that violate human rights" originally appeared on European Digital Rights (EDRi).


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