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European Parliament moves to majority teleworking in response to COVID-19

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 NewsEditorBelgium, Brussels, coronavirus, COVID-19, european commission, European Parliament, European Union, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, telecommuting, United Kingdom, video conferencing, World Health Organization

The European Parliament is instructing managers to prepare for all but a minority of staff to work remotely for 70% of the week as of next Monday — dialling up its response to Covid-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Full-time remote working may follow, it has also said. In an email sent today European Parliament staff have been instructed that teleworking will be introduced on March 16 — for “all colleagues whose physical presences in Parliament is not absolutely indispensable”. “At this stage it will be 70% teleworking.…

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EU lawmakers are eyeing risk-based rules for AI, per leaked white paper

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 NewsEditorAI, artificial intelligence, Europe, european commission, European Union, facial recognition, General Data Protection Regulation, Healthcare, law enforcement, surveillance, thierry-breton

The European Commission is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology, according to a draft proposal for regulating artificial intelligence obtained by Euroactiv. Creating rules to ensure AI is ‘trustworthy and human’ has been an early flagship policy promise of the new Commission, led by president Ursula von der Leyen. But the leaked proposal suggests the EU’s executive body is in fact leaning towards tweaks of existing rules and sector/app specific risk-assessments and requirements, rather than anything as firm as blanket sectoral requirements or bans. The…