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Not So Grand: The Big Brother Watch ECtHR Grand Chamber judgment
Not So Grand: The Big Brother Watch ECtHR Grand Chamber judgment On 25 May 2021, the ECtHR Grand Chamber delivered two landmark judgments in Big Brother Watch v United Kingdom and Centrum för Rättvisa v Sweden, rulings which will shape the future ECHR legal order and...
Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology – Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and Marisa McVey
It was recently revealed that in 2017 Microsoft patented a chatbot which, if built, would digitally resurrect the dead. Using AI and machine learning, the proposed chatbot would bring our digital persona back to life for our family and friends to talk to. When pressed...
Andrew Clarke shares his experience of presenting at the ILPC Annual Conference 2020
For me, choosing to study an LLM at Kent Law School (KLS) was not a difficult decision to make considering that I had completed my LLB at the University – I had consistently found my experiences interacting with the staff and students friendly and very...
A Brave New Working World or something more sinister? Employer surveillance of employees working at home – Peter Coe
Employers monitoring their employees is not a new issue. Indeed, I have written about the surveillance of employees in the workplace, and their right to privacy pursuant to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in a previous Inforrm post in the context...
ILPC Seminar Series: ‘Dark design’ in social media, Autonomy and Freedom of Expression
Date 10 Dec 2020, 13:30 to 10 Dec 2020, 14:30 Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Venue Online Seminar (Zoom) Description There has been increased concern about harmful content on social media, including disinformation and misinformation. It has been...
Is Technology the Answer to Addressing the Legal Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Faith Gordon, Jess Mant and Daniel Newman
The COVID-19 pandemic ‘is making inequalities more visible’, according to the UNODC. This also is the view of those working in law centres at the grassroots. As the Law Centres Network chair, Helen Rogers points out: “The pandemic’s uneven impact is a grim reminder...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020 – Recordings
The Viability of a ‘Ministry of Truth’ for Political Advertising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--VhVjDwNl4&feature=emb_title Video date:Thursday, 8 October, 2020Video speaker(s): Key Speaker: Beth Shiner, Lecturer in Law; PhD Candidate in Law (Middlesex...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020: International data transfers between EU & Non-EU States: Trade negotiations and the reform of the Australian Privacy Act
Date Thursday 15 Oct 2020, 10am - 11am Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Format Online Seminar (Zoom) Key Speaker: Dr Damian Clifford is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University, College of Law, a Research Fellow of the ANU...
And you thought that the Johnny Depp and Amanda Heard relationship was toxic…why the press needs a superhero (just not Captain Jack Sparrow) – Dr Peter Coe
In deciding what to write about for this post I was not short of topics and material. I could have talked about how the Court of Justice of the European Union has, in one fell swoop, caused a headache of Captain Jack Sparrow-hangover proportions (more on him in a...
Technology, Citizen Journalism and Police Accountability: Recording Violent Interactions – Dr Faith Gordon and Hannah Klose
Source: Max Bender Over-regulation and Surveillance of Young People Contemporary advances in technology have provided citizens with the portable equipment, usually smart phones or other recording devices, to film and photograph police officers. People who film...