
DEMOCRACY 2.0
GRANDCHALLENGE
Pushing the frontiers of democracy-supporting technologies
Science & tech have a major impact on society. They help us solve some of the most pressing challenges around climate change, digital or healthcare.
But technology can also contribute to mass surveillance, spread hate & conspiracy theories and threaten privacy.
We therefore need to strongly develop democracy-supporting technologies.
WHAT IS AT
STAKE ?

>WHAT IS THE GRANDCHALLENGE ABOUT
The Joint European Disruptive Initiative, the European ARPA,
will launch scientific & technology Challenges around:

DETECTING DEEPFAKES
IN REAL TIME

FIGHTING
E-CENSORSHIP

SOCIAL NETWORKS
WITHOUT ECHOCHAMBERS

FACE-RECOGNITION WITHOUT MASS-SURVEILLANCE POTENTIAL

TRACKING COGNITIVE
MANIPULATION

EXPLAINABLE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Starting in December 2021, we will be welcoming all proposals from the best teams globally that can provide solutions to one of the 6 Challenges listed above.
We will then finetune specific JEDI Challenges with highly-ambitious metrics for success, that will be launched as soon as possible in 2022.

>WHAT IS THE GRANDCHALLENGE ABOUT
The Joint European Disruptive Initiative, the European ARPA,
will launch scientific & technology Challenges around: