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Apostolis Fotiadis

@balkanizator.bsky.social

Journalist - Researcher

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Frida Thurm@fridathurm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💥 Unsere Recherche zur Schatten-IT von #Europol war heute Thema im Europaparlament! Der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte hat angekündigt, dem nachzugehen. correctiv.org/aktuelles/da... @stavinoha.bsky.social @balkanizator.bsky.social @lydiaemman.bsky.social @giacomoza.bsky.social

Nach CORRECTIV-Recherche: Europäischer Datenschutzbeauftragter will Europols Schatten-IT untersuchen

Im Innenausschuss des Europaparlaments haben Abgeordnete Aufklärung über Europols unregulierte Datenanalyse gefordert.

correctiv.org

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue: correctiv.org/en/europe/20...

“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System

Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.

correctiv.org

William Goodwin @billgoodwin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New - Europol: ‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425... Investigation by @computerweekly.bsky.social @correctiv.org @wearesolomon.bsky.social

‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly

Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...

computerweekly.com

Vas Panagiotopoulos@vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 3mo ago

“Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards.” www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425...

‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly

Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...

computerweekly.com

CORRECTIV@correctiv.org · 3mo ago

#Europol hat im Kampf gegen #Kriminalität offenbar selbst Grenzen überschritten: mit geheimen Datenanalyseplattformen, die Unschuldige in Gefahr brachten. Das zeigen interne Dokumente, die CORRECTIV, der griechischen Investigativredaktion Solomon und Computer Weekly vorliegen.

"Sie schützen das Gesetz – und brechen es": Europols Schatten-IT aufgedeckt

Europol hat geheime Analyseplattformen für große Mengen sensibler Daten betrieben. Teile dieser „Schatten-IT“ sind wohl bis heute in Gebrauch.

correctiv.org

Saskia Bricmont@saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING! #Europol aurait utilisé bases de données secrètes pr analyser massivement données sensibles (téléphonie, ID, banque, géoloc) yc sur non-suspects. Sans garanties de sécurité ni de respect des droits fdtx. Je demande explications à Commission UE et Europol! correctiv.org/en/europe/20...

“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System

Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.

correctiv.org

Giacomo Zandonini@giacomoza.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Shall we care about Europol? The answer is... Read our latest investigation to catch a glimpse about what the agency is doing to accelerate the AI transformation of policing across the EU, with minimal safeguards. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...

Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly

The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...

computerweekly.com

Yiorgos Vassalos@yiorgosvassalos.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Στις 22 και 29 Νοέμβρη θα κάνω δύο διαλέξεις εξ αποστάσεως στα πλαίσια των μεθοδολογικών εργαστηρίων του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών για το ρόλο του λόμπινγκ στην πολιτική ζωή της ΕΕ. Περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες www.facebook.com/YiorgosVassa...

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Apostolis Fotiadis@balkanizator.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social

Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly

The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...

computerweekly.com

Apostolis Fotiadis@balkanizator.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Since 2022, there have been repeated efforts to mandate the scanning of private communications in the EU. Denmark is trying again, bringing another version of the proposal for a vote in the Council of the EU on October 14th. Will this really make Europeans safer? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis

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Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Frontex doesn't like to hear its 'voluntary' interviews of people arriving at Europe's shores being described as covert 'interrogations'. Why? Because it has no legal mandate to interrogate and criminalise migrants. Yet, that is precisely what's happening in Spain. elpais.com/espana/2025-...

Enfrentamiento entre España y Frontex: dudas sobre el uso de los datos que se obtienen de los migrantes

Documentos internos a los que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS revelan tensiones entre la agencia de la UE y las autoridades españolas por las entrevistas a los recién llegados

elpais.com

Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning, I've written a piece about the prime minister. I spoke to several dozen sources, including government insiders, former legal colleagues and campaigners to ask: what happened to Keir Starmer the heroic human rights lawyer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

The long read: Given his career as a human rights barrister, it was hoped Keir Starmer would be the PM to restore the UK’s commitment to international law. The reality tells a different story

theguardian.com

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

This comes on the back of our latest investigation with @lolahierro.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social, revealing Europol's apparent refusal to delete/restrict using data of more than 11,000 people Frontex had unlawfully shared since 2016. english.elpais.com/internationa...

For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...

english.elpais.com

Andre Meister@andre.netzpolitik.org · last yr.

Dänemark schlägt wieder eine weitreichende verpflichtende Chatkontrolle vor. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats bezeichnet auch diesen Vorschlag als rechtswidrig. Ob das Gesetz noch kommt, könnte von Deutschland und Frankreich abhängen. Wir veröffentlichen das Protokoll. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...

Internes Protokoll: EU-Juristen kritisieren dänischen Vorschlag zur Chatkontrolle

Dänemark schlägt wieder eine weitreichende verpflichtende Chatkontrolle vor. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats bezeichnet auch diesen Vorschlag als rechtswidrig. Ob das Gesetz noch kommt, könnte von Deu...

netzpolitik.org

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

More evidence of Europol's apparent disregard for legal norms and boundaries - this time from Lesvos, where its officers appear to be behaving like secret intelligence agents, misusing Frontex activities to interrogate migrants.

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Development UEA@developmentuea.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New investigation co-authored by our colleague @stavinoha.bsky.social: EU agencies #Frontex & #Europol unlawfully shared data, sweeping up migrants and #HumanRights defenders. Published in @elpais.com, @lemonde.fr, Solomon, @netzpolitik.org Read more: english.elpais.com/internationa...

For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...

english.elpais.com

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

Based on our investigation with @lolahierro.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social into years of unlawful personal data transfers between Frontex and Europol, under the guise of EU 'counter-smuggling' efforts. english.elpais.com/internationa...

For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...

english.elpais.com

Open Arms@openarmsfund.bsky.social · last yr.

Frontex compartió ilegalmente datos personales de migrantes y activistas con Europol durante años. ❌ Sin consentimiento ❌ Sin base legal ❌ Sin distinguir entre quien huye y quien comete un delito En nombre de la “seguridad”, han criminalizado la migración y la solidaridad.

Apostolis Fotiadis@balkanizator.bsky.social · last yr.

For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol

Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

wearesolomon.com

Estrella Galán@estrellagalan.bsky.social · last yr.

Frontex suma una nueva ilegalidad a su larga lista: la filtración de datos personales. Impulsamos una carta apoyada por decenas de eurodiputados, para exigir que se investiguen estos abusos y acabar con la criminalización de las personas migrantes y la sociedad civil elpais.com/internaciona...

Un grupo de eurodiputados pide a Bruselas una investigación independiente tras las revelaciones de EL PAÍS sobre la transferencia ilegal de datos de Frontex a Europol

Más de 40 miembros de la Eurocámara exigen que se borren los datos personales transmitidos y que se impidan nuevas cesiones

elpais.com

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

41 MEPs call upon the European Commission to initiate an independent inquiry into large-scale unlawful transfers of personal data between @frontex.bsky.social and @europol.europa.eu following our investigation for El Pais, Le Monde, Solomon, and Netzpolitik.

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Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

For years, human rights advocates have warned of the criminalisation of migrants & activists at Europe’s borders. With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Giacomo Zandonini@giacomoza.bsky.social · last yr.

Great work by @stavinoha.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social shedding light on a widely overlooked (and unlawful) programme to feed Europol's database with data collected by Frontex, including those of activists and journalists.

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

For years, human rights advocates have warned of the criminalisation of migrants & activists at Europe’s borders. With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Luděk Stavinoha@stavinoha.bsky.social · last yr.

For years, human rights advocates have warned of the criminalisation of migrants & activists at Europe’s borders. With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol

Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

wearesolomon.com

ECRE@theecre.bsky.social · last yr.

❗In the name of 'combating migrant smugglers', the European Union's border agency, Frontex, spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to Europol.

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with European police

In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing ...

lemonde.fr

Solomon@wearesolomon.bsky.social · last yr.

Here is how #Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people’s personal data with #Europol Investigation conducted by Solomon, the French newspaper Le Monde, the Spanish newspaper El País, and the German outlet Netzpolitik. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol

Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

wearesolomon.com

Antonella Napolitano@svaroschi.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: an investigation reveals that Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's data with Europol. Frontex decided to label as “suspects” anyone mentioned during the "debriefing interviews" conducted at disembarkation points at EU’s borders. 🧵Why it matters wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol

Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

wearesolomon.com

das nd@nd-aktuell.de · last yr.

Eine Recherche belegt, wie unter dem Vorwand der Bekämpfung von »Menschenschmuggel« Migranten und Aktivisten kriminalisiert werden. Frontex gab dazu ohne Rechtsgrundlage Informationen von über 13 000 Personen an Europol.

Frontex übertrug jahrelang illegal Daten an Europol

Eine Recherche belegt, wie unter dem Vorwand der Bekämpfung von »Menschenschmuggel« Migranten und Aktivisten kriminalisiert werden. Frontex gab dazu ohne Rechtsgrundlage Informationen von über 13 000…

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