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Lighthouse Reports Wins Inaugural Access Info Impact Award
Madrid, 27 September 2024 – Lighthouse Reports has been awarded the first-ever Access Info Impact Award for its leadership in the groundbreaking ‘Suspicion Machines’ investigation, which uncovered discriminatory algorithmic practices across Europe. Lighthouse Reports spearheaded the collaborative investigation series Suspicion Machines, which revealed how machine learning algorithms used by welfare systems to detect fraud and errors were disproportionately targeting
Finalists Announced for the Inaugural Access Info Impact Award
Madrid 23 September 2024 – Access Info is proud to announce the three finalists for the first-ever Access Info Impact Award. The Access Info Impact Award aims to honour individuals and organisations that have effectively used their right to information to advance human rights, environmental protection, democracy, or anti-corruption efforts. After opening nominations last month, the award received 21
Call for nominations for the Access Info Impact Award
Madrid, 12 August 2024 – Access Info Europe today announces the launch of the Access Info Impact Award which celebrates those who have used their right to information to have a positive impact on society. The Access Info Impact Award recognises those who have significantly leveraged their right to information to advance human rights, environmental protection, democracy, and/or
35 organizaciones lanzan un manifiesto con medidas urgentes para mejorar la salud democrática en España
Madrid, 17 de julio de 2024: Access Info, junto con más de 30 organizaciones, ha lanzado un manifiesto que demanda una mayor transparencia y participación ciudadana para la regeneración de la democracia española. Las organizaciones firmantes del manifiesto, que nace del convencimiento de que la regeneración democrática sólo es posible si se elabora de manera democrática, reclaman que se
Priorities on 21st International Access to Information Day
Madrid, 28 September 2023 – International Access to Information Day has gone from something founded by a small group of civil society activists from around the world in Sofia, Bulgaria on 28 September 2002, to a UN and UNESCO day, also celebrated by official bodies across the globe. Since International Access to Information Day was launched, international human rights
Malta: Access Info wins Court of Appeal ruling that all EU citizens have a right to submit information requests
Madrid, 26 January 2023 - Malta’s Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Access Info that the Maltese government was discriminatory and violated the rights of EU citizens when it refused to register an information request by a non-Maltese citizen. This major win for the right of access to information stems back to an August 2019 request by
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