Nov 16, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Fake news, Government policy, Health, ILPC Annual Lecture & Conference, Internet regulation, Open Justice, Rule of Law, Surveillance, Uncategorized
The Information Law & Policy Centre’s Annual Conference 2021 will explore the impact of the global pandemic on society and the increased use of data-driven systems, particularly the implications of these changes for the rights and responsibilities of individuals...
Aug 29, 2019 | Internet regulation, Social Media
Back in the 1990s – a lifetime ago in internet terms – the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells published several books charting the rise of information networks. He predicted that in the networked age, more value would accrue in controlling flows of information than...
Jul 19, 2019 | Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media
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...
Apr 10, 2019 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Ethics, Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media, Surveillance
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...
Mar 18, 2019 | Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media, Uncategorized
This post was originally written by Graham Smith and published on Cyberleagle. All the signs are that the government will shortly propose a duty of care on social media platforms aimed at reducing the risk of harm...
Feb 28, 2019 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Internet regulation
On 22nd January the Forum on Geopolitics (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge hosted ‘A Nightmare Scenario: Technology and Democracy’, a lecture that addressed the effects technology could have on the functioning of contemporary democracy. Each of the speakers...
