Apostolis Fotiadis
@balkanizator.bsky.social
Journalist - Researcher
A big thank you to the experts+editors that supported this two years long effort: @annskaja.bsky.social @krisshrishak.bsky.social @lydiaemman.bsky.social @billgoodwin.bsky.social @nunomoniz.bsky.social @article19.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and Seb. Klovig Skelton from CW.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A big thank you to the experts+editors that supported this two years long effort: @annskaja.bsky.social @krisshrishak.bsky.social @lydiaemman.bsky.social @billgoodwin.bsky.social @nunomoniz.bsky.social @article19.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and Seb. Klovig Skelton from CW.
Based on internal documents obtained from Europol and analyzed by data protection and AI experts, this investigation raises serious concerns about the implications of the agency’s program on people’s privacy and the lack of solid oversight in the development of AI models.
«Διψώντας» για δεδομένα: Το κρυφό πρόγραμμα AI της Europol
Η «δίψα» της Europol για δεδομένα και τεχνητή νοημοσύνη μετασχηματίζει την αστυνόμευση στην Ευρώπη, πίσω από κλειστές πόρτες και χωρίς ειδική εποπτεία.
wearesolomon.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Based on internal documents obtained from Europol and analyzed by data protection and AI experts, this investigation raises serious concerns about the implications of the agency’s program on people’s privacy and the lack of solid oversight in the development of AI models.
Since 2021, the Hague-based EU law enforcement agency has embarked on an increasingly ambitious, yet largely secretive, mission to develop automated models that will affect how policing is carried out across Europe.
German version below:
German version below:
Hungrig nach Daten: Das geheimnisvolle KI-Programm von Europol
Die EU-Polizeiagentur Europol ist nicht nur an immer mehr Daten interessiert, sondern experimentiert auch mit KI-Tools, um sie zu verarbeiten. Ob automatische Einstufung von Missbrauchsdarstellungen o...
netzpolitik.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Since 2021, the Hague-based EU law enforcement agency has embarked on an increasingly ambitious, yet largely secretive, mission to develop automated models that will affect how policing is carried out across Europe.
German version below:
German version below:
Reposted by Apostolis Fotiadis
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...
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
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
After publication 41 MEPs have called upon the European Commission to initiate an independent inquiry into large-scale unlawful transfers of personal data between Frontex and Europol due to the findings of the investigation @ @elpais.com , @lemonde.fr, @wearesolomon.bsky.social and @netzpolitik.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
After publication 41 MEPs have called upon the European Commission to initiate an independent inquiry into large-scale unlawful transfers of personal data between Frontex and Europol due to the findings of the investigation @ @elpais.com , @lemonde.fr, @wearesolomon.bsky.social and @netzpolitik.org
We also reveal how in Nov 2022 the Commission, Frontex and Europol representatives misled parliamentarians during a hearing in the LIBE committee, by telling that transfers were not automatic and took place only on a case by case basis. netzpolitik.org/2025/gefluec...
Geflüchtete und Aktivist:innen: Frontex schickte jahrelang unrechtmäßig Daten an Europol
Frontex hat jahrelang personenbezogene Daten gesammelt und unrechtmäßig an Europol weitergeleitet. Tausende Personen, darunter EU-Bürger:innen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, gerieten durch groß angele...
netzpolitik.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We also reveal how in Nov 2022 the Commission, Frontex and Europol representatives misled parliamentarians during a hearing in the LIBE committee, by telling that transfers were not automatic and took place only on a case by case basis. netzpolitik.org/2025/gefluec...
Frontex revised its protocols in May 2023. It is no longer passing data 'automatically'. But, crucially, Europol is refusing to confirm it will 'restrict' or 'delete' data - unlawfully shared by Frontex - as required by law.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
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 ...
www.lemonde.fr
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Frontex revised its protocols in May 2023. It is no longer passing data 'automatically'. But, crucially, Europol is refusing to confirm it will 'restrict' or 'delete' data - unlawfully shared by Frontex - as required by law.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Between 2016-2023, Frontex unlawfully shared the personal data of more than 13,000 'suspects' with Europol, via 'voluntary' interviews with newly arrived migrants that lack basic legal safeguards - branded by experts as 'covert interrogations'. english.elpais.com/internationa...
For years, the EU’s border agency illegally 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
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Between 2016-2023, Frontex unlawfully shared the personal data of more than 13,000 'suspects' with Europol, via 'voluntary' interviews with newly arrived migrants that lack basic legal safeguards - branded by experts as 'covert interrogations'. english.elpais.com/internationa...