Information Law and Policy Centre
The Information Law and Policy Centre (ILPC), based at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), launched in spring 2015. The Centre’s mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate, cross-disciplinary scholarship and research in the area of information law and policy, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with a variety of organisations within the public and private sectors, and civil society.
The work for the Centre is led by its Academic Director, Dr Nóra Ni Loideain.
ILPC Seminar Series on AI and the Humanities: The Empire of AI and AI Ethics Governance
14 March 2023, 17:00 – 18:00
We are delighted to announce that lead speaker Dr Rachel Adams (Research ICT Africa), and discussants, Dr Christopher Ohge (Institute of English Studies, SAS) and Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan (Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia), will share their expertise and insights with us at a timely seminar on the impact of AI ethics governance for post-colonial places and people: ‘The Empire of AI and AI Ethics Governance’.
This event is part of the ILPC Seminar Series on AI and the Humanities: Transforming Society and will be held online via zoom.
Attendance is free but registration is required. For further details and registration, click here.
We hope you can join us for the first ILPC Seminar of 2023!
Blog
Regulating Online Safety: Lessons from Australia
Author: Dr Rys Farthing Seven years ago, Australia passed its first online safety bill, the Enhancing Online Safety Act, updating and expanding it in 2021 with the Online Safety Act. While both Acts have problems and pitfalls, these were ‘global firsts’ at...
RightCon 2022 – Reflections by Jeni Tennison
RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age. RightsCon offers a platform for thousands of participants around the world to convene, connect, and contribute to a shared agenda for the future. It enables business leaders, activists,...
Lord Geidt and the Wild West of Policing Technology Governance: How can a resignation improve police technology oversight?
Author: Dr Marion Oswald Last week, Rt Hon. Lord Geidt resigned as the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, citing - as the straw that broke the camel’s back - a still rather opaque issue relating to international law, putting him ‘in an impossible and...
Current Developments
- House of Lords, Library Briefing: House of Lords scheduled to debate Online Safety Bill at second reading on 1 February 2023. (25 January 2023)
- European Data Protection Board: EDPB publishes its binding decision on a dispute submitted by Irish SA concerning Whatsapp. (24 January 2023)
- OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic. Time Magazine (18 January 2023)
- Government responds to UK House of Commons Justice Committee’s Report on Open Justice: Court Reporting in the Digital Age. (17 January 2023)
- Apple being sued for secretly tracking iPhone users. (9 January 2023)
- Australia eSafety Commissioner, ‘Compelling safety disclosures from the world’s biggest tech firms’. (4 January 2023)
ILPC Seminar Series 2022
Spotlight Series
In conversation with: Irini Katsirea, Reader in International Media Law, University of Sheffield
Dr Irini Katsirea is an ILPC Research Associate and Reader in International Media Law at the University of Sheffield, specialising in International, European and comparative media law and has published extensively in these areas.In this edition of the Spotlight...
In conversation with: Bethany Shiner, Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University
Bethany Shiner is an ILPC Research Associate, Lecturer in law at Middlesex University and a qualified non-practising solicitor-advocate, with specialisms spanning judicial review, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the use of data in political digital campaigns.In this...
In conversation with: Graham Smith, Of Counsel, Bird & Bird LLP
Graham Smith is of counsel at Bird & Bird LLP, based in London. He is one of the UK’s leading cyberlaw experts, with a practice encompassing advisory and contentious work in the internet, IT and intellectual property fields. In this edition of the Spotlight...