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Sex work is work…unless it’s happening online?
Since the signing of the landmark United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 there have been sporadic meetings to discuss amendments and changes to the global response to Climate Change. These COPs have become rather large and important diplomatic events, bringing together heads of state from around the globe. Last year, however, several countries including two of the five largest emitters of CO2 have decided to forgo the usual private jets and closed door meetings for brief virtual meetings instead.
Competition authorities’ frequently obtain information and documents which may be used as evidence in the context of undertakings. Such information could reveal sensitive concerns that are protected under the legal institution known as “attorney-client privilege”. At this point, whether the information arising during the inquiries of the authorities can be protected by this framework of confidentiality has a special importance. As it will be explored in this article, the question on whether the confidentiality principle is violated while competition watchdogs perform on-site inspections, or if such an inspection may entail a disclosure of sensitive information of a client, need to be further discussed. This brief analysis will be framed for the national scopes of both Turkey, and Ukraine.
A brief look into competition in streaming platforms in Brazil.
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To stop the spreading of deepfakes, we would need to shut down the internet, which is not really a viable solution.
The super wicked nature of the current pandemic needs a multipronged strategy to tackle intricately related issues like recession, inequality, and climate change in a holistic manner. In this context, rebooting the Indian economy based on “frugal innovation” in which social entrepreneurs constantly work on the idea of cheaper, user-friendly transformations that cater to social needs is the path forward.
Facial recognition technologies are an application of artificial intelligence and machine learning, thus they are not exempted from showing biases that in some cases have led to discriminatory results.
Despite being an authoritarian regime, Iran has an interesting (albeit conflicted) relationship with social media. Although Iranian authorities often see social media as a threat, Iranian politicians are increasingly using social media as a way to appeal to voters.
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Elon Musk points at Twitter's cybersecurity vulnerabilities to cancel $44 bn buyout-deal.
Time is running out on the National Security defence adopted by the Government of India for the prolonged ban on Chinese based Mobile Applications.
This article is a follow-up to “Showdown Down Under?” which was published here last year. As our cycle aims to explore jurisdictions outside the EU and North America, we will further dive into Australian competition law by outlining its basic structure, introducing the relevant actors and give an insight into the pursued policies in the realm of digital markets with a particular focus on “ad tech”.
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Facial recognition technologies are an application of artificial intelligence and machine learning, thus they are not exempted from showing biases that in some cases have led to discriminatory results.
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The cycle on Digital Constitutionalism presents a series about the platform governance with a focus on Facebook's Oversight Board and Article 19's Social Media Councils.
The series aims to raise awareness, engage and explore the role of technology and digital solutions in reaching the goals set out by the Paris Agreement in 2015. Furthermore, it will introduce the core topics that the Technology & Sustainability-cycle will work on in the coming months; (mis)information on social media, the environmental impact of technology and increased digitalisation and the role of green digital technologies.
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China’s growth as a prominent space-faring power necessitates staunch engagement with the CCP. The encroachment of private actors in the space domain also begs the questions as to how all these different actors will engage with each other in a seemingly lawless realm. This article lays out the current most pressing challenges in space pertaining to the US, the EU, and China, and cases of successful and unsuccessful Chinese cooperation with other state and non-state actors.
Elon Musk, after his success with SpaceX and Tesla Motors, has focused his gaze onto something far closer, our own brains. In 2016, he created “Neuralink”, an overambitious – as some people would say -company, that is primarily working on the production of the “Link”.
Most of the things each of us own stay unused most of the time. In the United States and the United Kingdom around 80% of all items owned are used less than once per month leaving a large amount of goods unused, when they could be useful elsewhere. The way of life of modern societies is characterized by growing consumption of resources, increasingly at the expense of the environment. A digital sharing economy offers a way for citizens to share, rent and replace under-utilized assets by the help of digital solutions and alleviate the pressure of the planet’s resources.
What the modern challenges for mainstream investigative journalism are and how an interdisciplinary collaboration can overcome them.
Real solutions to the tax avoidance and advantageous taxation digital supergroups enjoy can only be international and structural, updating practices of international taxation that have now become obsolete. They cannot be a mere quick fix. Voters demand it, the sustainability of our economic models requires it.
The social media platform decision to suspend the President’s @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” sparked questions on platforms’ role when it comes to free speech misinformation and content moderation.
Analysis of contemporary subversive political campaigning in light of Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.
Exploring how digital presence is used to detect people’s personal traits & vulnerabilities and how these can potentially be exploited to undermine democracy.
A decentralized solution fit for Digital Constitutionalism.
Whether we (really) have a choice or whether it is chosen for us?
More often than not, we think about what accessibility means. In this article, I challenge the idea of access in a broader sense for queer people, both on and offline.
Yuval Noah Harari argues that when artificial intelligence pushes many out of work, we must forge new economic, social, educational systems. Those people who will become unemployed will create a “useless class” which will need to be redirected, as opposed to the remaining “working class” which will be entrusted with the operating of the machinery. The article provides few ideas on how to prepare for the rise of the “useless class.” Looking at the consequences of the AI revolution, possible solutions that will change our societal structure are discussed.
During the pandemic that impeded our daily lives, technology innovation found itself to advance to a speed never witnessed before and to adapt to the new urgency of people. From this stream of innovation in the digital world, a new phenomenon emerged: NFTs. In a few months, NFTs conquered creators, art collectors, and investors from all over the world.
Why the German basic right to the internet is at stake.
The Covid 19 pandemic has accelerated the transition to digital education which shows great potential. It simultaneously threatens to increase the inequality gap as less fortunate communities do not have access to the technologies that make digital learning possible.
While Facebook seems to lose users in North America and Europe, its “Free Basics” initiative is about to tap a massive reservoir of potential users in developing countries.
By the end of January 2021, Brazilian news outlets were announcing a major data leakage of the CPF (Código de Pessoa Física, in Portuguese, the Brazilian equivalent to a Social Security Number and Tax Identification Number).
How disinformation and the failed attempts against it have aggravated ethnic and religious tensions in India.
A non-exhaustive review of some of the most relevant competition law cases held in 2020, featuring analysis of tech-mergers and the use of personal data as a key advantage for monopolies. The foregoing, with the aim of setting up the discussion for what we believe will be the new competition law and regulation, one that incorporates a digital acumen nurtured by other legal disciplines such as privacy law.
A call for social media companies to comply with international human rights law when moderating content.
Were GDPR enforcement expectations fulfilled? In its first year, the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’ or ‘Regulation’) demonstrated its capacity to raise privacy awareness, enhancing data protection by giving back control to individuals of their personal data. For its second-year, society was expecting to be the year of GDPR enforcement to ensure organisations process personal data lawfully.