Author archive for Vivian Ng

  • Jan252019

    Weekly HRBDT News Circular – 25 January 2019

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    Each week The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary…

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  • Jan182019

    Weekly HRBDT News Circular – 18 January 2019

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    Each week The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary…

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  • Jan142019

    Weekly HRBDT News Circular -11 January 2019

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    Each week The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary…

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  • Sep152018

    Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom – Some initial thoughts

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    On Thursday, 13 September 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down their decision in Big Brother Watch and…

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  • Sep042018

    A Brief Review of the OHCHR Consultation on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

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    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) conducted a consultation on the right to privacy…

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  • Aug172018

    How Does Content Moderation Affect Human Rights? Commentary on the Case of Infowars

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    On 6 August 2018, Apple, Facebook and Spotify removed content from Alex Jones’s Infowars pages and accounts on their platforms, which were…

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  • Jul232018

    What Next After the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Revelations?

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    On 2 July 2018, the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology (HRBDT) Project co-hosted a panel discussion with the International…

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  • Jun152018

    Google’s new principles on AI need to be better at protecting human rights

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    Originally published by The Conversation on 15 June 2018. There are growing concerns about the potential risks of AI –…

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  • Jun042018

    Weekly HRBDT News Circular – 1 June

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    Each week the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary…

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  • May302018

    Locating Human Rights in the Critical Analysis of Algorithmic Decision-Making: A Brief Commentary on the Science and Technology Committee Report on Algorithms in Decision-Making

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    The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee recently released the Fourth Report of Session 2017-2019 on ‘Algorithms in decision-making’. The release…

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