Welcome to the Working Group 6 - Misuse of Technology Threatening Security and Human Rights!
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The Trade and Technology Council was set up at the June 2021 EU-US summit and serves as a forum for the European Union and the United States to coordinate approaches to key global trade, economic, and technology issues and to deepen transatlantic trade and economic relations based on shared democratic values.
The Misuse of Technology to Threaten Security and Human Rights working group is tasked to combat arbitrary or unlawful surveillance, including on social media platforms. It will explore building an effective mechanism to respond to Internet shutdowns, in conjunction with the G7 and other likeminded countries. It will further explore work to protect human rights defenders online, and increase transatlantic cooperation to address foreign information manipulation - including disinformation - and interference with democratic processes, while upholding freedom of expression and privacy rights. The working group is tasked to address social scoring systems and to collaborate on projects furthering the development of trustworthy AI.
On the EU side, this working group is co-led by the Director for Policy Strategy and Outreach in DG CONNECT, and the Director for Inter-institutional Relations, Policy Coordination and Public Diplomacy of the European External Action Service.
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