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EU Track and Trace: the €100m failure
Despite European hopes being invested in the technology and countries spending more than 100 million euros for their development, contact tracing apps have only succeeded in tracking 5% of registered Covid-19 cases since they were introduced in the EU. The lack of public confidence in the scheme has proven to be an insurmountable hurdle.
- Only 1.82 million cases were notified to contact tracing apps in the EU until November 2021.
- States that publicly funded the creation of the apps spent just under €106m on their design, excluding publicity costs.
- Citizens did initially heed the advice of governments when it came to downloading the apps, but when they realised that these were ineffective and affected storage and battery life, they stopped using them.
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Álvaro Merino | El Orden Mundial
European countries have spent months debating what to do with data collected through contact tracing apps. A lack of consensus, as well as the launch of new systems by Apple and Google, lessened the chances of a unified protocol among the bloc. What is clear is that Europe always prioritised the data protection of its own users.
Andrea G. Rodríguez | El Orden Mundial
Europe wants to be a leader in tech revolutions like AI. This ambition, however, contrasts sharply with Brussels’ desire to protect the right to privacy and AI needs data to develop. A new European ruling promises to make both objectives compatible, though it does not resolve the problem.
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In October 2021 we held Data Dilemmas, a three-day conference where we talked with brilliant journalists, researchers and activists about data protection, cybersecurity, and digital rights, focusing on how to investigate these topics and outlining the current situation in Europe. The recordings of the sessions are now available online in this YouTube playlist.
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From the European data journalism community
Fellowship MSCA 2022 – Oslo Metropolitan University
OsloMet calls for expression of interest in European cross-border education in journalism, aimed at researchers of any nationality. Candidates are invited to address processes that foster or hamper European cross-border investigative journalism, and map processes and actors.
👉 The deadline is 31 January. More information here.
Fellowship Journalist Fellowship Programme – Reuters Institute
The Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford offers a fellowship for mid-career journalists who want to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth.
👉 The deadline is 14 February. More information here.
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