Panel: Exposing a New Generation of Data Retention Laws

I participated in this panel about new data retention laws in Europe. I covered the recent decision of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, which stroke down our data retention law. It is still a bit too early to know what to expect from the Portuguese Parliament…

[Renascença] Em Nome da Lei: os metadados

Em pleno frenesim dos metadados (finalmente o país acordou para o tema), participei no Em Nome da Lei, da Renascença, dedicado ao assunto. Já tinha participado no programa anteriormente, aqui há uns anos, então sobre o famoso artigo 13/17. Ao contrário do que estava à…

Human Entities 2021: culture in the age of AI

Last month I participated at the 5th edition of Human Entities, a programme of public talks which is organised by CADA, in partnership with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Inês Cisneiros took us on a trip through the Artificial Intelligence Act proposal presented by the European…

Festa da Wiki-Lusofonia

Por ocasião dos 20 anos da Wikipédia em Português. Parabéns à Wiki-Lusofonia! Programa das festas aqui. ◾ Cultura - Leonardo Foletto (Creative Commons Brasil) ◾ Ciência - Jean Carlos Ferreira dos Santos (NIC.br) ◾ Software - Tiago Carrondo (ANSOL) ◾ Direitos digitais - Eduardo Santos…

EDRi's 15th Anniversary

April 12th, 2018 15 years of fighting for digital rights. Felt like a newbie among veterans. Nice to know feel the weight of EDRi's past work, it's quite something. Gives you a sense of responsability and increases your own expectations for yourself. But felt like…

Participating at the IGF 2017 - an unpublished report

Note: This is a text I was asked to write, after IGF 2017, in Geneva. Not so surprisingly, it was never published by the organization that asked me for it . It was written around 12 January 2018. Target audience was young people. The Internet…