ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul Friedl

Paul Friedl is a legal researcher with a focus on data and technology law. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and an Affiliate Scholar at the Information Law Institute at NYU Law.
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POSTS BY Paul Friedl

21 August 2024

Datenschutz gegen digitalen Autoritarismus

Die Datenmacht des Staates stellt für Bürger*innen und ihre Rechte im heutigen Zeitalter eine zentrale Gefahr dar. Unabhängige Datenschutzbehörden sollen Missbräuche dieser Datenmacht verhindern. Autoritäre Kräfte, die nach den anstehenden Landtagswahlen auch in deutschen Landesregierungen beteiligt sein könnten, könnten allerdings versuchen, diese Kontrolle zu neutralisieren. Continue reading >>

07 February 2024

Paul Friedl, Gustavo Gil Gasiola

Examining the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act

Finally, consensus on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The academic community is thus finally in a position to provide a (slightly) more definitive evaluation of the Act’s potential to protect individuals and societies from AI systems’ harms. This blog post attempts to contribute to this discussion by illustrating and commenting on the final compromises regarding some of the most controversial and talked-about aspects of the AI Act, namely its rules on high-risk systems, its stance on General Purpose AI, and finally its system of governance and enforcement. Continue reading >>