Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals

A new law on social services in Serbia provides for the collection of a large amount of personal data of beneficiaries, to be analysed with an algorithm that evaluates their socio-economic condition. The declared goal is to improve the distribution of resources, but over 22,000 people have already lost the subsidy, without knowing why.

By |2022-12-14T15:00:00+01:00December 14th, 2022|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals

Crossing borders with data journalism

The European Data Journalism Network turns five this fall. Its coordinators share a first assessment of this experience aimed at developing the European public sphere.

By |2023-07-26T09:22:01+01:00November 16th, 2022|Comments Off on Crossing borders with data journalism

Is it possible to have a European generation of non-smokers?

The European Commission recently registered a European Citizens’ Initiative, that, among other measures, would prohibit any European citizen born after 2010 from buying cigarettes. The idea intends to phase out legal smoking, but according to statistics, it would cause significant issues in some member states, since young people apparently like to smoke.

By |2023-07-26T10:40:43+01:00September 30th, 2022|Tags: , |Comments Off on Is it possible to have a European generation of non-smokers?

Balkans: slow Internet and unspent cohesion funds

The Balkan countries are struggling to keep up with the rest of Europe in terms of Internet connection speed. The only exception is Romania, which - not surprisingly - is the country in the area that is best able to spend cohesion funds on ICT

By |2023-07-26T08:57:28+01:00August 24th, 2022|Tags: , |Comments Off on Balkans: slow Internet and unspent cohesion funds
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