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President vs Parliament: Metsola overrides MEPs in bid to force through child abuse law
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 27, 2026

June 27, 2026

La tenacia con cui insistono per approvare questa misura orwelliana, è davvero molto, molto interessante... chissà che cosa hanno letto i politici, in qualche rapporto confidenziale, per spingerli a comportarsi così.... di certo il contrasto al "child abuse" è solo uno schermo.... JC * President vs Parliament: Metsola overrides MEPs in bid to force through child abuse law */ The European Parliament president’s power play is “without precedent,” diplomats wrote in a note seen by POLITICO. / June 24, 2026 6:00 am CET By Sam Clark <https://www.politico.eu/author/sam-clark/> BRUSSELS — European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is trying to push through a controversial law on scanning child abuse content online even though it has been repeatedly slapped down by her own chamber, according to a document seen by POLITICO. In a step that diplomats deem “without precedent,” the top EU politician has asked member countries in the Council to approve a bill that her own Parliament shot down in a plenary vote in March. At stake is whether the EU allows tech platforms to voluntarily scan their services for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The issue has been mired in controversy, with police <https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/combatting-child-se…> and child rights advocates <https://www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/statements/eu-failure-on-temporary-deroga…> and European commissioners arguing that a lack of legislation allows predators and pedophiles to operate with impunity online. Privacy campaigners <https://www.politico.eu/article/one-man-spam-campaign-ravages-eu-chat-contr…>, meanwhile, have argued the proposals could lead to unacceptable mass surveillance and the end of encryption <https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-online-child-sexual-abuse-material-csam-…>. Ambassadors on Friday will consider an “invitation of the President of the European Parliament [to] proceed with the Council’s first reading position” on the proposal to allow tech companies to choose to scan for CSAM, said a note by the Cyprus presidency of the Council of the EU dated June 22. In the note, Cyprus asked capitals to “carefully consider” the invitation, “even if this would be without precedent in the present circumstances." Talks between the Parliament and the Council collapsed in March, just days before the temporary legislation was due to expire. Lawmakers in the Parliament later resisted last-ditch pressure from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, four European commissioners, tech giants Meta, Google and Microsoft and numerous children’s charities, eventually voting down an attempt to pass the bill in March by a margin of 311 to 228 with 92 abstentions. A spokesperson for Metsola said the issue was "raised and asked for" at a meeting of heads of the Parliament's political groups. An EU parliament official said the European People's Party, the group to which Metsola belongs, raised it and no groups objected. The official was granted anonymity to disclose confidential details of the meeting. Lawmakers working on the legislation now feel Metsola has gone over their heads to invite the Council to adopt a position that the Parliament had already rejected, according to two Parliamentary aides. Markéta Gregorová, a Czech lawmaker with the Greens group in the Parliament and shadow lead lawmaker on the law, described herself as “extremely surprised” by the move and said Metsola’s invitation is “unacceptable and undermines the European Parliament position.” Hilde Vautmans, a Belgian lawmaker with the liberal Renew group and shadow lead lawmaker on the file, said reopening debate on the temporary law is a “political dead end.” “Parliament has rejected it twice, and that will not change,” she said. Spokesperson for the liberal Renew group Nick Petre said it was "concerned" the move to reopen negotiations could weaken Parliament's position to negotiate rules on child sexual abuse material. "After trilogue negotiations on the interim file failed, it is difficult to see how reviving that process now would bring us closer to a lasting solution. On the contrary, it could delay progress on the comprehensive legislation that victims, law enforcement and online platforms all need," he said. The invitation to ambassadors to proceed has not been previously reported. Close the legal gap The European Commission proposed the temporary CSAM bill as a stopgap measure to allow companies to scan while legislators agreed on a more permanent solution. As talks stalled on the latter, legislators were working to extend the former — at least until the dispute over the stopgap measure came to a head earlier this year. The Council and the Parliament couldn’t agree on terms to extend it, so the law lapsed in early April and companies were left without a legal basis for voluntary scanning. Tech firms continued to scan, despite the legal limbo. Metsola called publicly <https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/media/20260618RES45739/202…> to look at “how to find an agreement on a second reading of this file,” in an address to EU leaders last week. Cyprus in Monday’s note said there was a “pressing need” to close that legal gap. It said it “takes note of the political signal from the President of the European Parliament to encourage continuing the work on the proposal.” If capitals choose to adopt their position, the law does not automatically pass: The Parliament would need to either accept it or re-enter negotiations. “There is no certainty that [the Parliament] would adopt the legislative act in second reading in line with the Council’s first reading position,” Cyprus wrote in the note. Gregorová rejected the suggestion that lawmakers would budge. “The Parliament mandate is clear: A majority voted it down, meaning that we reject the extension.” According to EU procedures, if capitals and the Parliament continue to disagree, they could move to a rare procedure known as conciliation <https://www.europarl.europa.eu/olp/en/conciliation/overview>. Lawmakers will meet next Monday for a political negotiation on the other, permanent bill to tackle CSAM, though a deal at that meeting is unlikely, two Parliament officials and one national official involved in the process said last week. /Max Griera contributed reporting./ /This article was updated to include a comment from a spokesperson for Metsola and a Renew spokesperson and additional detail./

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Technological Sovereignity, Big Tech and the Military-Digital complex
by Dario Guarascio June 25, 2026

June 25, 2026

Cari Nexiani, condivido questo lavoro appena pubblicato pensando possa essere di interesse. A presto! Dario -- *Dario Guarascio* Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Sapienza Università di Roma <http://www.uniroma1.it/strutture/dipartimenti> Via del Castro Laurenziano n° 9, 00161 Roma Edificio A (6° piano) -ala B, stanza n° 606 E-mail: dario.guarascio(a)uniroma1.it <nome.cognome(a)uniroma1.it> *Sito web* italiano - https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/darioguarascio/ inglese - https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/darioguarascio-eng/ -- *Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori*** *con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza* Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 **Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*

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"Genova, 1,2 Petabyte di immagini per addestrare l’intelligenza artificiale. E la sovranità?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 25, 2026

June 25, 2026

E' successo solo Genova o per caso anche a Roma, Milano, Torino, Napoli, ecc.? JC *Genova, 1,2 Petabyte di immagini per addestrare l’intelligenza artificiale. E la sovranità? * Claudio Verzola 4 giugno 2026 Quando un comunicato aziendale arriva da Copenaghen e parla di Genova, conviene leggere oltre il titolo.L’undici giugno 2025 Milestone Systems annuncia <https://www.milestonesys.com/company/news/press-releases/project-hafnia-urb…>, con la firma di NVIDIA, l’arrivo in Europa del suo Project Hafnia, e la prima città del continente a entrarci è proprio Genova. Sulla carta è una buona notizia di innovazione urbana, di quelle che le amministrazioni amano esibire. Sotto la superficie c’è una questione che riguarda tutti, perché tocca la titolarità dei dati pubblici, la loro destinazione e il controllo di ciò che da quei dati viene generato. Il cuore tecnico dell’operazione è un Vision Language Model, un modello che impara a collegare immagini e testo per restituire interpretazioni e sintesi a partire da flussi video. Secondo il comunicato diffuso via Business Wire, l’obiettivo dichiarato è sviluppare soluzioni di intelligenza artificiale per la gestione del traffico e per città più efficienti, addestrando il modello con strumenti NVIDIA su infrastruttura cloud dedicata. Il primo servizio di Hafnia in Europa, si legge sempre nella nota ufficiale, è un modello europeo per la gestione dei trasporti addestrato su un ampio volume di dati di traffico raccolti a Genova. È qui che il discorso si fa concreto. Non si parla di una sperimentazione astratta, ma del materiale visivo prodotto dalle telecamere comunali. [...] continua qui: https://www.difesaonline.it/2026/06/04/genova-12-petabyte-di-immagini-per-a…

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"Climate Goals Be Gone: Data Center Lobbyists Hard-Drilling Their Way Through EU Environmental Laws"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 22, 2026

June 22, 2026

*Climate Goals Be Gone: Data Center Lobbyists Hard-Drilling Their Way Through EU Environmental Laws* Jun 21, 2026 The European AI Action Plan boasts the ambitious goal of tripling data center power capacity in roughly five years—a target that could clash with the actual capabilities of today’s electric grid. This limitation has become the focal point of international political clashes, with various nations vigorously debating which direction to take in building new power plants. Meanwhile, the sector’s lobby is pressuring institutions to set aside predetermined environmental objectives to focus exclusively on data center development. The European Union, like other major global powers, sees cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence as the future of economy, work, security, and Defense. These digital resources often intertwine with one another but all rest on infrastructures that, with the progressive evolution of technology, require an increasingly large amount of energy resources. To understand how electricity demand is evolving, financial consulting firm S&P Global estimates that European data center energy demand will double by 2030. In response to this phenomenon, the influence of the European Nuclear Alliance is growing at the same pace, an organization that Italy also officially joined last year. According to the European Data Center Association (EUDCA) lobby, neither the renewed interest in nuclear power nor that in renewables will allow Europe to meet the urgency of energy production and distribution. Or, to be precise, the group doubts that the interventions planned to meet demand will be completed within the established timelines. “Every good idea is currently hampered by the certainty, on paper, that everything will move within the predicted timelines,” lamented Lex Coors, president of EUDCA, according to Politico. [...] continua qui: https://italiantimes.substack.com/p/climate-goals-be-gone-data-center

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Rapporto ONU: "Facial Recognition Technology: Protecting Human Rights in Law Enforcement, Counter-Terrorism and National Security Contexts"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 22, 2026

June 22, 2026

*"Facial Recognition Technology: Protecting Human Rights in Law Enforcement, Counter-Terrorism and National Security Contexts"* Report issued by: Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism 19 June 2026 https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/position-papers/facial-recognition-techn…

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BETA: Osservatorio Nazionale Sovranità Digitale della Pubblica Amministrazione
by Fabio Pietrosanti (Lists) June 18, 2026

June 18, 2026

Ciao a tutti, è stato rilasciata la BETA dell'Osservatorio Nazionale Sovranità Digitale della Pubblica Amministrazione (c.a. 23.000 enti pubblici) . Il software, edizione italiana di MXMap https://mxmap.it , analizza tramite record DNS se i sistemi di posta elettronica delle PA Italiane sono o meno accessibili da Governi extra-UE (in via prevalente USA, per tramite di Microsoft e Google). Il progetto ha uno scopo politico di misurazione e di informazione a tutti gli stakeholders https://osservatorio.mxmap.it . L'attuale rilascio è da considerarsi BETA, rivolto allo sviluppo di una comunità di ricercatori nei vari ambiti tecnici, politici, regolatori, attivistici. I risultati, seppur parziali, sono drammatici, così come le considerazioni politiche. E' possibile unirsi alla comunità attraverso la chat Telegram all'indirizzo https://t.me/+Ot-M_g0dkh1kMGI0 . Ci sono molti ambiti di miglioramento dei sistemi di misura oltrechè di analisi dei dati, fino alla azione politica e istituzionale. Il feed OpenData è disponibile, come il software pienamente riproducibile su github https://github.com/mxmap-it/mxmap.it/ . Spero ci possa essere interesse e partecipazione Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)

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"International Labour Conference adopts new Convention on decent work in the platform economy"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 17, 2026

June 17, 2026

*International Labour Conference adopts new Convention on decent work in the platform economy * This first international labour standard on the platform economy marks an important step in addressing a rapidly evolving area of the world of work. #ILC2026 Read the closing press release <https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/ilc/ilc114/international-labour-conferenc…> # Text of the convention <https://www.ilo.org/resource/record-decisions/convention-concerning-decent-…> # Watch the adoption <https://live.ilo.org/event/closing-114th-session-international-labour-confe…> #

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Peter Neumann ci ha lasciati [2]
by Diego Latella June 15, 2026

June 15, 2026

[RISPEDISCO PERCHE' TEMO CI SIA STATO UN PROBLEMA CON LA MIA PRECEDENTE EMAIL] Care/Cari Mieke e io apprendiamo solo adesso che Peter Neumann non e’ piu’ tra noi. Peter e’ una figura centrale per tutto quanto riguarda la progettazione e realizzazione di sistemi digitali “trustworthy” e le metodologie a cio’ collegate. Ma Peter e’ stato anche un instancabile promotore della discussione sull’impatto dei computer sulla societa’. In questo contesto, non ha tralasciato le questioni (che qualcuno purtroppo considera solo una questione recente) del legame fra informatica e guerra. Abbiamo perso una grande Persona e un Caro Amico Mieke & Diego https://cacm.acm.org/news/in-memoriam-peter-g-neumann-1932-2026/ =================== Dott. Diego Latella - Formerly Senior Researcher with CNR/ISTI (retired) WARNING!My new email address is: DIEGO.LATELLA(a)ACTIONES.EU My previous addresses (Diego.Latella(a)isti.cnr.it and Diego.Latella(a)cnr.it) will be deactivated. So, please, use"Diego.Latella(a)actiones.eu" if you want to reach me by email.

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[Responsible AI] When AI Decides: Building Human Rights Accountability In, Not After
by Daniele Quercia June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026

When AI Decides: Building Human Rights Accountability In, Not After Ainura Bekkoenova, United Nations Development Programme Online Meeting (MS Teams)<https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/391384320230949?p=ARDOhu5ZSPv5rh1OgD> AI systems now make or substantially shape consequential decisions across virtually every domain of human life — hiring, credit, policing, border control, content moderation, healthcare, justice. Yet traditional human rights frameworks remain reactive, responding only after harm occurs. Protecting rights in AI-mediated contexts demands a fundamental structural shift: from post-deployment remedy to pre-deployment, system-specific accountability. Drawing on the design and global deployment of the UNDP AI Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) Toolkit across various countries and regions, this talk unpacks how to embed human rights accountability directly into the design stage: which rights are implicated by which system architectures, how impact pathways can be traced from model behaviour to lived harm, and where the friction points lie between technical teams and human rights obligations. Finally, the session bridges these practical insights with the UN human rights standards and emerging regulations—including the EU AI Act and the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI —exploring what "human rights by design" actually means for builders in contexts where technology rapidly outpaces oversight. Ainura Bekkoenova is a Policy Specialist in Rule of Law, Security, and Human Rights at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub, where she leads AI governance programming across Europe and Central Asia. Operating at the critical intersection of international human rights law, emerging algorithmic regulation, and on-the-ground deployment realities, she is the co-designer of the UNDP AI Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) Toolkit. Developed in collaboration with regional experts and piloted across Europe, Asia, and other regions (Africa, Latin America), this practitioner-facing instrument operationalizes rights accountability directly into AI system design and deployment, particularly in environments with fragile oversight capacity. A member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Ainura works closely with governments, data protection authorities, and international partners to ensure that emerging technologies are developed and deployed in alignment with the UN human rights standards, democratic principles, and emerging global regulations. Subscribe to future talk announcements: Anyone outside Bell Labs can receive talk announcements by subscribing to the mailing list. To subscribe, send an empty email with the subject line "Subscribe RAI" to daniele.quercia(a)polito.it

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Presentazione libro AI / 16 giugno 2026 @ Camera dei Deputati, Roma
by Luigi Scorca June 10, 2026

June 10, 2026

Segnalo la presentazione del libro: “*Modelli di intelligenza artificiale generativa e assetti di mercato*” (Passigli 2026). La presentazione si terrà il 16 giugno 2026, a partire dalle ore 17:00, presso la Sala del Refettorio, Camera dei Deputati - Via del Seminario 76, Roma. Il programma è allegato. *Per partecipare è necessario iscriversi a: oxeria(a)astrid-online.it <oxeria(a)astrid-online.it>* L’accesso alle sale della Camera dei Deputati è consentito esclusivamente previa registrazione. Buona giornata, Luigi

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