The applications for the 2023 Digital Rights Summer School in Perast, Montenegro are now open! The School takes place from 23 to 29 July, and the program for 2023 is designed for enthusiasts based in Southeast Europe, who are passionate about digital rights and eager to learn more about the latest developments in this field. […]
23. May, 2023.
Digital | Green | Society A two-day international conference dedicated to the consequences that the dizzying development of technology has on the environment, citizens and society, will be held from May 14 to 16 in Belgrade. The conference organized by the leading regional organization for digital rights SHARE Foundation, will take place in the KC Grad. The full program with […]
10. May, 2023.
The Digital/Green/Society, 14-16 May, Belgrade The issues of climate crises and the rapid development of information technologies are closely related, although the public generally does not discuss it enough. The processes of exploitation of natural resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining the global digital infrastructure have an increasing influence on socio-political relations. If […]
1. March, 2023.
The controversial Draft Law on Internal Affairs was withdrawn from the procedure on Monday, December 26. The decision to withdraw followed two sessions of the public discussion, which was initially open for three weeks and then extended at the request of civic organisations. At the same time, the Government announced “broad consultations” in further work on the […]
9. January, 2023.
The analysis of the new Draft Law on Internal Affairs, the Draft Law on Data Processing and Records in Internal Affairs, as well as the new working draft of Data Protection Impact Assessment, shows that the fundamental issues of the intrusive technology application in Serbia have not been addressed. Specifically, the Draft Law on Internal Affairs enables mass, […]
16. December, 2022.
The Ministry of Interior published a new version of the Draft Law on Internal Affairs, the Draft Law on Data Processing and Records in Internal Affairs, as well as a series of other laws from its jurisdiction. The proposed legislation contains provisions regulating biometric surveillance in public spaces. The public discussion on the drafts is open until 31 December. SHARE Foundation […]
8. December, 2022.
In the past decade, thriving online harassment and hate speech, armies of bots spreading disinformation as a mean of interference in the elections, far-right propaganda, and waves of obscurantism disseminating through the COVID-19 related fake news repeatedly made online platforms’ content moderation the topic on everyone’s lips and newsfeeds. A recent round of discussion was […]
15. November, 2021.
As an organisation dedicated to digital rights and freedoms, fighting against the use of mass biometric surveillance, we welcome the decision of the Serbian Minister of Interior to withdraw the controversial Draft Law on Internal Affairs. We call on the authorities to take another step and impose a moratorium on the use of advanced technologies for biometric surveillance and mass […]
23. September, 2021.
The public debate on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs has officially introduced into legal procedure provisions for the use of mass biometric surveillance in public spaces in Serbia, advanced technologies equipped with facial recognition software that enable capturing and processing of large amounts of sensitive personal data in real time. If Serbia adopts the provisions on mass biometric surveillance, […]
21. September, 2021.
More than 180 journalists were discovered in a database of phone numbers designated for potential espionage, thanks to a leak of documents given to the Forbidden Stories journalistic collective and Amnesty International. The choice of targets for surveillance was made by clients of the Israeli company NSO Group, which specialises in the production of spyware that it sells […]
22. July, 2021.