This issue has a special focus on algorithms, government and the law which I hope will awaken an interest in the topic among SCL members. I am very grateful to John Danaher and Rónán Kennedy for their help in producing these articles, which arise from a seminar organised by Galway University. For reasons of space…
Tim Turner looks at the strange shift in the ICO’s position on the GDPR which seems to raise important questions about the Information Commissioner’s independence….
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Aisling de Paor highlights some of the ethical and legal concerns arising with use of algorithms based on genetic information, and advocates the need to appropriately control and regulate these new technologies….
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John Danaher introduces our focus on algorithms in legal and governmental decision-making and explains some of the basic problems. You can find further linked articles in the side-panel….
Read More… from Algorithmic Decision-Making and the Problem of Opacity
If algorithmic government does ever achieve its full potential, John Morison offers an intimidating insight into the world we might see…
Read More… from Algorithmic Governmentality: Techo-optimism and the Move towards the Dark Side
Niall Ó Brolcháin asks how sovereign governments that were constituted in a bygone age can move into a new technological era that demands openness and transparency….
Dag Wiese Schartum tells us how to build automated legal decision-making systems…
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Maria Helen Murphy explores surveillance algorithms and the interplay with fundamental rights…
As we all become increasingly aware of the vulnerability of organisations to cyber-attack, Nick Wilding explains how the key is to educate people…
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Dyann Heward-Mills and Joanna De Fonseka consider the options at this early stage…
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