A Responsible Digital Future for Everyone
Discover DIRECT, an Erasmus+ alliance empowering learners, educators and businesses with tools and courses to embed digital responsibility and ethical AI in everyday practice.
An Erasmus+ EU Initiative
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Organisations Driving Responsible Digital Change
Discover the universities, research hubs and businesses behind DIRECT, joining forces to embed ethics in Europe’s future.
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DIRECT Objectives: Ethics & Impact Across Europe
DIRECT transforms ethical technology principles into practice via an EU-wide competence framework, multilingual learning platform, hands-on pilots and resources that guide educators, businesses and policymakers.
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Digital Insights & Updates
Catch up on the newest stories from the DIRECT blog—brief explainers, project milestones, ethical-tech reflections and hands-on resources that help you weave digital responsibility into everyday practice.
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The role of open technologies in Digital Responsibility
In today’s digital era, technology affects not only how we live but also our values, rights, and responsibilities. In this context, open technologies have become an important tool for creating a more responsible digital world. Open technologies include open-source software, open hardware, open standards, and open data. These are freely available for anyone to use,…
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The Hidden Cost of “Free” Apps – How our personal data fuels business models, and what “responsible” app use looks like
The Hidden Price of “Free” Apps: Your Data Downloading a free app might feel like getting something for nothing—but in reality, you’re paying with your personal information. Since these apps need revenue to survive, many turn to data collection as their business model. Your taps, searches, and even location data are tracked, analyzed, and packaged…
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Digital Responsibility as a Competitive Advantage for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
SMEs constitute the backbone of the European economy, making up over 99% of all businesses and two-thirds of all jobs in the private sector.[1] Digitalisation can unlock SME competitiveness by helping them reach new markets and improve the effectiveness of their operations.[2] However, their ability to sustain this competitiveness increasingly depends on their responsible use of…
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