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AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH

Acronym: AW

General Information

Identification Code: 268308931088-81
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: gGmbH
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 4/7/2018
Last Update: 3/27/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: AlgorithmWatch is a human rights organization based in Berlin and Zurich. We fight for a world where algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) do not weaken justice, democracy, and sustainability but strengthen them. Our mission is to ensure that the use of algorithmic systems benefits the many, not the few. To achieve this mission, we - unpack and analyze the use of algorithmic decision-making processes and their effects on humans and societies; - explain the characteristics of and power structures behind these complex algorithmic decision-making processes; - develop effective frameworks governing the use of algorithmic systems, based on our research and scientific evidence - publicly call out misuses as well as discriminatory and other kinds of negative impacts of algorithmic systems on human rights and the public good, and campaign for effective transparency and accountability mechanisms.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Borders and security
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Institutional affairs
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Artificial Intelligence Act (n) Code of Practice on Disinformation Digital Services Act (n) Digital Markets Act Regulation on Targeting and Transparency of Political Advertising
Communication Activities: Throughout the reporting period, we have continued our advocacy work on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) and published various policy positions and civil society statements: In March 2023, we signed a statement on the proposed French law on the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games; in April and May, we signed two statements, one addressing Members of the EU Parliament (MEPs) and one addressing the Presidency of the EU Council, to ensure the AI Act protects people and human rights. In May and September, we published two policy briefings on regulating General Purpose AI in the AI Act. In June we published an open letter with recommendations on remote biometric identification, and sent it to German MEPs as well as to Members of the German Parliament. In June, we published a press release after the EU Parliament voted on the AI Act as well as a statement calling on legislators to improve the regulation. In September, we published a statement regarding the AI Act, calling on EU legislators to close dangerous loopholes for security and migration authorities in the Act. From December, 2023, to March, 2024, we published five press releases focusing on the agreement on the AI Act. We have also organized and participated in several events on the AI Act. E.g., in July, we organized a workshop in Amsterdam together with the University of Amsterdam on the governance of General Purpose AI and, as a result, published an expert policy proposal focusing on the AI Act. In October we participated in a networking event in the German Parliament related to the AI Act. Throughout the year, we participated in several events on the AI Act as keynote speakers or as panelists, e.g. an event on ‘Reclaiming our digital future: shedding light on big tech lobbying in the EU Parliament, and have held several exchanges with MEPs or their offices/assistants, including as invitees of workshops, e.g. by the Renew Europe group in January 2024. Related to the Regulation on Targeting and Transparency of Political Advertising, we signed a civil society open letter: ‘EU Lawmakers must uphold human rights to privacy and free expression’ and published it on our website. In 2023 we have continued our work on the DSA and published several papers and written assessments targeted at policy makers: In March and April, we issued a joint statement on Digital Services Act implementation at the national level and commented on the DSA’s transparency regime as well as on the first designation of VLOPs in a blog article. In May, we submitted feedback on facilitating data access for researchers under Article 40 responding to a Call for Evidence of the EU Commission. In response to the Commission’s draft delegated regulation on independent audits, AlgorithmWatch and AI Forensics jointly submitted feedback in June calling for rules that will strengthen a diverse auditing ecosystem for algorithmic risks. In August, we published a paper on risk assessments under the DSA that aims to define platforms' potential systemic risks to democracy. In February 2024, we published the “5 Es’ Framework” that lays out guiding principles for DSA external stakeholder engagement processes. On February 17, the day on which many of the DSA’s most impactful provisions came into force, AlgorithmWatch sent a request for data access to Microsoft via the designated German Digital Service Coordinator, the Bundesnetzagentur (BNETZA) to expand our research into Bing-generated election misinformation, ahead of the EU Parliament and German regional elections. We exchanged with representatives of the BNETZA in two online calls. Since March 2023, AlgorithmWatch participated in several meetings with EU officials, including two DG Connect DSA Civil Society Roundtables initiated by Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director General for for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (in June 2023 und February 2024 respectively).
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Linienstraße 13, 10178 Berlin, Deutschland
Post Code: 10178
City: Berlin
Country: GERMANY
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EU Office

Address: Linienstraße 13, 10178 Berlin, Deutschland
Post Code: 10178
City: Berlin
Country: GERMANY
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Our sister organization AlgorithmWatch CH, based in Switzerland, has received EU funding as part of its participation in the project “FINDHR” in the framework of the Horizon Europe research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101070212. The sister organization is legally and financially independent from AlgorithmWatch gGmbH, which this entry is about. AlgorithmWatch gGmbH does not receive any Horizone Europe or other types of EU funding.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 6
Members F T E: 2.200000047683716
Info Members: No employee is working around 100%, one person around 75%, two persons around 50%, one person around 25% and two persons around 10% of a FTE on issues described in 9.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: N/A
Organisation Members: We are part of the EU AI Alliance. F5-Bündnis: A coalition of Germany-based civil society organizations in the field of digital policies with a specific focus on German digital policies, website: . AlgorithmWatch has observer status at the Committee of Artificial Intelligence at the Council of Europe and actively contributes to its negotiations on a Convention on AI. Before, from 2020-2022, we had been observer to its predecessor, the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence CAHAI. In June 2020 AlgorithmWatch was appointed as a member of the GPAI Working Group on the Responsible Development, Use and Governance of AI. FoME: the German platform for international media development initiatives https://fome.info/.