Currently using a free online AI chatbot? It might look a little different in the near future. Find out how advertising and sponsored content is entering the AI chatbot sphere

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From chatbots to adbots: sharing your thoughts with advertisers

IntroductionIn early October this year, Google announced its AI Overviews would now have ads.

Large language models like ChatGPT have hardly stopped hitting the headlines over the past couple of years. But one topic that hasn’t received enough attention is what impact they have on our privacy.

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Large language models and data protection

IntroductionThe emergence of large language models (LLMs) in late 2022 has changed people’s understanding of, and interaction with, artificial in...

🎁 Want to be less wasteful and more impactful this holiday season? A donation to protect privacy makes a great gift! 🎁 Donate to PI:

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Back in October, Clearview AI were told that the UK GDPR applies to their business of selling your face to foreign law enforcement agencies, after our intervention. Take a deep dive into what this means:

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Clearview and the long arm of the law

A tribunal in the UK has overturned a legal judgment about Clearview’s objectionable scraping of images of people’s faces from the internet.

Don’t let the adtech industry ruin festive surprises! 🎁🎅 Use our handy guides to minimise targeted ads on social media to make it harder for companies to retarget to you.

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Social media and messaging apps | Privacy International

Guides about settings and practices that can provide you with greater control over your data when using social media and messaging apps.

Do you work in an office? Or a factory? Or on a building site? Wherever you work, you’d hope that it’s a safe working environment. But what about if you’re a content creator? Is the internet a safe workplace for you? Learn more:

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Content Creators Working for the Algorithm | Privacy International

Creators who produce content for big online platforms, from video game livestreamers on Twitch to adult content producers on platforms like OnlyFan...

As we mark International Migrants Day, the ongoing invasive and arbitrary surveillance of people on the move is impossible to ignore.

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International Migrants Day 2025 - A Year in Review

18th December is International Migrants Day. It’s a day designated by the United Nations, dedicated to recognising the “important contribution ...

What is border externalisation and what does it mean for people on the move? Tune in to the latest episode of our podcast Technology Pill to hear moving stories from incredible human rights defenders who see first-hand what EU and US policies reap.

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Moving Stories: Border Violence and Surveillance

Election observation organisations representing all regions of the world met at the UN last week to reaffirm their commitment to supporting the principles for international election observation.

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Joint Press Statement on the 20th Anniversary Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP) | The United Nations Office at Geneva

The Endorsing Organizations of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP) held their Twentieth (20th) Anniversary I...

Reflecting on the increasing role played by personal data & tech in the election cycle, they also published principles and guidance for observing data use in elections, covering the role of data in political campaigns and the administration of elections. 📄.pdf

This autumn, we helped to ensure that Clearview AI's business falls under the GDPR. To learn more about this, check out our autumn highlights:

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Producing real change: key highlights of our 2025 results by season

We continue producing real change by challenging governments and corporations that use data and technology to exploit us.Though 2025 has been a tum...