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Human Rights and Internet Technology: Six Considerations
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in EthicsThe United Nations Human Rights Council has reaffirmed many times that “the same rights that…
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Could Counterfactuals Explain Algorithmic Decisions Without Opening the Black Box?
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in EthicsExploring the role of algorithms in our everyday lives, and how a “right to explanation”…
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Censorship or rumour management? How Weibo constructs “truth” around crisis events
Examining the content moderation strategies of Sina Weibo, China’s largest microblogging platform, in regulating discussion…
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Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document
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in EthicsWhat is the responsibility of the private industry, which runs and owns much of the…
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Our knowledge of how automated agents interact is rather poor (and that could be a problem)
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We might expect bot interactions to be relatively predictable and uneventful.
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Reality, Augmented Reality and Ambient Fun
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Things you should probably know, and things that deserve to be brought out for another…
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Exploring the world of digital detoxing
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Advocates of “digital detoxing” view digital communication as eroding our ability to concentrate, to empathise,…
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
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Do social media divide us, hide us from each other? Are you particularly aware of…
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Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
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The algorithms technology rely upon create a new type of curated media that can undermine…
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Information Architecture meets the Philosophy of Information
Advancing the practical and theoretical basis for how we conceptualise and shape the infosphere.
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Alan Turing Institute and OII: Summit on Data Science for Government and Policy Making
Leading policy makers, data scientists and academics came together to discuss how the ATI and…
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Exploring the Ethics of Monitoring Online Extremism
Exploring the complexities of policing the web for extremist material, and its implications for security,…