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SEEDIG Youth School invites young people interested in technology, internet governance and digital policy

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Implications of the EU Digital Services Act on critical voices in Serbia: Challenges for civil society organizations and investigative journalists

18 June 2024

This article was written by Emily Wright, a Fulbright Research Fellow affiliated with civil society organization Partners for Democratic Change Serbia, and first published by Tech Policy Press. An edited version is republished by Meta.mk with permission. Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) will have a significant impact on the digital environment, both with the European Union (EU) and beyond. While […]

The disinformation coupled with abuse of artificial intelligence can be harmful to the elections

22 December 2023

The last session of today’s e-Society.mk International Conference, which has been organized by Metamorphosis Foundation for the 19th time this year, was dedicated to the issue of disinformation and abuse of artificial intelligence for malign influence on democracy or, more specifically, on the elections and the opinions of the voters. The topic “Disinformation on Steroids: […]

Metamorphosis Foundation is establishing a Coalition For Responsible Artificial Intelligence in North Macedonia

20 December 2023

Photo: Meta.mk, 19 December 2023 Metamorphosis Foundation launched a process of establishing a Coalition For Responsible Artificial Intelligence, that will include stakeholders from several sectors, informed Bardhyl Jashari, Executive Director of the Foundation, closing this year’s edition of the international conference “e-Society.mk”, which was organized by Metamorphosis for the 19th time. As Jashari explained at […]

In a three-day training in Strumica, young people were learning Data Journalism and Data Visualization

28 April 2023

Metamorphosis Foundation in cooperation with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) held a three-day workshop “Data Journalism and Visualization” in the period 26 – 28 April in Strumica. Eleven people, primarily students and young journalists from the Vardar and Southeast Region of North Macedonia, participated in the workshop, which was held in English. The workshop […]

The future of mass surveillance in Serbia?

9 February 2023

This article was written by Ana Toskić Cvetinović, executive director of the civil society organization Partners for Democratic Change Serbia, a member of the Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda (ICEDA) network. An edited version is republished by Global Voices with permission. Under the content-sharing agreement between “Global Voices” and Meta.mk, we republish the […]

The state of online free expression worldwide in 2022

8 February 2023

“From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat,” writes IFEX.org in this article republished by Meta.mk. This statement was originally published by the IFEX member Electronic Fronteer Foundation – EFF.org on 27 December 2022. It’s been a […]

The construction of the 5G network brings the demise of the Chinese domination in North Macedonia’s telecommunications

24 December 2022

“Makedonski Telekom” (Macedonian Telecom) and “A1 Makedonija” (A1 Macedonia) telecoms are currently modernizing their complete mobile telephony infrastructure and working on the implementation of their 5G networks in North Macedonia. Unlike all the previous instances of a technological makeover, North Macedonia as a member of NATO and signatory of the Clean Network Program initiated by […]

In case of cyber violence, young people should turn to a trustworthy adult

14 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 8th of December 2022) Parents should teach their children about the limits of privacy in the physical and the online world, while at the same time, a solution should be provided to secure support for young people. These were the main conclusions […]

“e-Society.mk” For real privacy protection, all laws should be harmonized with the law on personal data protection

14 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 7th of December 2022) What are the challenges in the implementation and harmonization of the Law on personal data protection, the manner in which the controllers cope with challenges and what are the possibilities to preserve the privacy of personal data […]

“e-Society.mk”: Video surveillance can easily “delete” privacy

14 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 7th of December 2022) The video surveillance systems and the processing of biometric data have an enormous inherent risk of violating privacy, which is one of the human rights, and intrusion of the security services and the authorities in the private […]

“e-Society.mk”: Where are the Balkans in the Digital Agenda?

13 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022) The first panel discussion of the 18th international conference e-Society.mk, which started on the 6th of December, was devoted to the topic “Digital Agenda Observatory – Where is the Western Balkans now?” The EU Digital Agenda for […]

e-Society.mk annual conference opened, cyber resilience for freedom and security in focus

13 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022) Metamorphosis Foundation for the 18th time organized the international e-Society.mk conference, which started on the 6th of December. The two-day conference in the Marriott hotel in Skopje with the motto “Cyber Resilience for Freedom and Security” started […]

In NMacedonia, state institutions without web sites and social networks presence, but with press officers “who are on vacation”

29 September 2022

The levels of transparency and accountability of the state institutions in North Macedonia vary widely. Some of the state organs rank high on the list of accountable institutions, and are even among the best in the region, while others are at the bottom of the same list and almost unreachable for the citizens. Likewise, some […]

The institutions in North Macedonia still publish data in scan-to-PDF documents

22 September 2022

If the personnel of the institutions had been trained to work with open data and about the process of publishing this data, as well as the advanced technical aspects thereof, then this knowledge has to be put into practice in their everyday work. This is the opinion of Professor Ivan Chorbev, a Dean at the […]

Live online discussion on September 22: Techno-authoritarianism in India

20 September 2022

In public and appearances and speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared this present decade India’s “Techade”—a digital revolution at the grassroots level, touching all people and “refining” all aspects of politics, economy, and society. Yet even as the leader of the world’s largest democracy urges citizens to harness digital capacity to drive the country to […]

Live online discussion on September 15: Can citizens of democracies still trust the law?

14 September 2022

The legislature — and the legislative process — is one of the three pillars of democracy, enshrined in the very heart of the political system. The legal system and the lawmaking process both exist to protect the citizens of a democracy. Yet, Global Voices research published in the Unfreedom Monitor shows how authoritarian, as well as […]

Artificial intelligence: A modern-day tool of the digital era for development of the societies and the civilization

12 July 2022

Since the invention of the computer, people have been fascinated by the idea that one day it can become smarter than the humans. A conversation published on Internet several weeks ago has made people believe that this future may be closer than we thought. The transcript of the conversation between a human engineer and LaMDA, […]

Institutions use the interoperability platform “as they wish”, citizens wander around counters [infographic]

30 June 2022

Institutions in the RNM communicate very little with each other through the Interoperability Platform, which is intended for the exchange of data through electronic systems, with the aim of more efficient and faster provision of services. The data provided by Portalb.mk show that, in general, all institutions on the Platform have a decrease in the […]

Josifovska-Danilovska: Without a digital identity there is no continuation of the digital transformation of public services

25 June 2022

Digital identity is very important to discuss in the digital age because without digital identity we will not be able to continue with the digital transformation of public services. Estonia’s road to digitalization is a good example to follow and master in the local circumstances of our countries. This was stated at the panel “Dialogues […]

Hackathons are the main door for promoting young people’s innovative business ideas

20 May 2022

The innovative ideas by young winners at the data hackathons, organized by Metamorphosis Foundation as part of the USAID’s Project for Civic Engagement, but also other initiatives in the region, have proven their big potential at today’s panel discussion on the subject of “What can be done with open data?” that took place as part […]

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