Projects
1. August 2025
It's been one year since the AI Act became EU law. Yet as its full enforcement is being prepared, the EU and some member states are already attempting to weaken its hard-won safeguards. What is at stake, and how can we defend our rights from AI-powered repression and surveillance?
In cooperation with Protect Not Surveil and the EDRi AI Act Working Group.
10. July 2025
Given the abundance of information about human rights violations carried out using technological surveillance, one would find it hard to believe that anyone could write positively about this topic. And yet, in the newspaper Delo, we recently came across an editorial by Mojca Pišek titled 'Why Chinese cameras don't bother me'. In our response, we explain why cameras do not represent freedom and security, but rather repression and surveillance. This text is in Slovenian.
5. June 2025
The Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy has prepared an opinion on the regulation of short-term rentals, highlighting the need for proper rules in this area and offering recommendations for measures to preserve the primary residential function of housing. This text is in Slovenian.
In cooperation with the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy.
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14. May 2025
Starting May 27, Facebook and Instagram will use your posts, comments, photos, and other personal data, dating back to the creation of your account, to develop their generative AI models – and they’ll do it without your consent. Learn what you can do to stop it. This text is in Slovenian.
8. May 2025
Before the 2022 local elections, we once again called on mayoral candidates to commit to introducing a participatory budget. Of the 62 who were elected, 38 kept their promise, while 24 failed to deliver. Check the interactive map to see the status in your municipality and across Slovenia. And for mayors who still refuse to involve the public in decision-making, remind them with our ready-made message. This text is in Slovenian.
17. April 2025
Israel has since its formation subjected Palestinians to invasive surveillance. Technological advancements, mass data collection, and artificial intelligence have only strengthened this repressive power. Explore how facial recognition systems, spyware, and Israel’s data regime operate – and why holding on to hope still matters – in a piece based on a conversation between Maja and Shir Hever, coordinator of the military embargo campaign within the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.
11. December 2024
The rapid development of generative AI is making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. Digital spaces are full of synthetic content that, at best, seeks to capture our attention and, at worst, aims to deceive us. That’s why we developed Razkrinkaj.ai (or Recognise.ai), a tool designed to test your ability to recognise AI-generated content and educate you on the risks of its misuse.
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3. September 2024
The use of AI has played an important role in the surveillance, oppression and killings of Palestinians by Israel for many years, and has recently intensified. But the sole aim of the Israeli military-industrial complex is not to kill indiscriminately, but to use the occupied Palestinian territory as a testing ground for weapons and surveillance technologies that are later sold on the global market. We explore what this means for Palestinian fundamental rights and freedoms, the broader struggle against militarisation and the surveillance society. As A. Loewenstein pointed out: "What starts in Palestine never stays there."
27. May 2024
In Slovenia, the lack of regulation for short-term rentals has led to a housing catastrophe. In Ljubljana, for example, there are almost three times as many apartments for short-term rentals as for long-term rentals. Airbnb and similar online platforms are driving locals out of the city as owners seek to maximise their profits and prefer not to rent to those who need a place to call home. With the "Airbnb, go home!" campaign, we are calling for strict regulation in this area from political decision-makers.
20. May 2024
As usual at DJND, we have once again produced a guide for people who, for various reasons, are unable to participate in European elections and referendums like others. It is aimed at people who live abroad, people with disabilities, those who will be elsewhere in Slovenia on election day, etc. – in short, for everyone who cannot vote in the usual way. We create these election guides because we believe in the importance of political participation and actively promote it.
