Sep 23, 2020 | Advertising, Data Privacy, Democracy, Journalism
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...
Jul 30, 2020 | Democracy, Fake news
Date Thursday 17th September 2020, 2pm – 3pm Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Format Online conference (Zoom) Description Democracy demands plenty of space for political debate, information sharing, deliberation and opinion forming. Reforms that in...
Apr 30, 2020 | Covid-19, Fake news, Social Media
The coronavirus pandemic has brought out the very best in humanity. On the one hand, it has brought communities together: people are supporting each other in a myriad of different ways. From simply talking to neighbours who they may never have said more than a few...
Aug 6, 2019 | Freedom of expression, Journalism, Privacy
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...
Jul 23, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Fake news, Privacy
‘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...
Dec 18, 2018 | Internet regulation, Journalism
Date 28 Feb 2019, 17:00 to 18:45 Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Type Seminar Venue Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Mind the Gap: a blueprint for a new regulatory framework that...
