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Lifelong anonymity orders: do they still work in the social media age? – Faith Gordon and Julie Doughty
This article was originally published on The Conversation, written by Dr Faith Gordon, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University and Dr Julie Doughty, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University. Lifelong anonymity orders for adults who were convicted of crimes as children...
Data and privacy in the digital age: from evidence to policy
This post was originally written by Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications and Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD researcher at LSE, for the LSE Media Policy Project Blog. We live in a society increasingly based on the...
BA’s record fine could help make the public take data security more seriously
This article was originally published on The Conversation, written by John McAlaney, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bournemouth University. British Airways (BA) has received a record fine of £183m after details of around 500,000 of its customers were stolen in a...
Turing Lecture: Regulating Unreality (Deepfakes, revenge-pornography & fake news) – Professor Lilian Edwards
‘Deepfakes’ or the use of AI to convincingly simulate or synthesise voice, images or video for malicious purposes have become prominent recently, most obviously as a means to create realistic but fake revenge-pornography involving celebrities and members of the public...
Does UK tech policy show a lack of coordination?
This post was originally written by Dr Damian Tambini, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, for the LSE Media Policy Project Blog. It has been an extraordinarily busy year in UK tech policy. The Furman Review reported on digital...
El Pais interview with Dr Rachel Adams
In this interview, Dr Rachel Adams discusses the numbers gap for women in technology, the problematic gendering of VPAs and advises on ways to tackle the issue. Interview and photo used was originally published on El Pais. Why do VPA’s have female voices and female...
AI and Gender: Four Proposals for Future Research
We are delighted to share that Dr Nora Ni Loideain and Dr Rachel Adams contributed to an excellent and informative report, written by Clementine Collett and Sarah Dillon from the LCFI. The report underscores challenges to gender equality brought on by recent...
Female Servitude by Default and Social Harm: AI Virtual Personal Assistants, the FTC, and Unfair Commercial Practices
We are pleased to share the above working paper by our Director, Dr Nora Ni Loideain and Early Career Researcher, Dr Rachel Adams, which explores the social harms that emanate from the problematic gendering of Virtual Personal Assistants and the role of the...
Should companies based in authoritarian countries be permitted to invest in sensitive areas of another country’s economy?
This post was originally written by Anthony Wenton, Researcher at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and published on SC Magazine. 5G technology promises to be truly revolutionary. Not only will it make data-intensive communications virtually instantaneous, but it...
Call for Papers – Digital Rights in Brexit: Changes and Challenges
Digital Rights in Brexit: Changes and Challenges CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference on 22nd November 2019 at IALS in London, this year supported by Bloomsbury’s Communications...