#RawPolitics 27.11.18
November 27, 2018, Euronews
Jennifer Baker is on the sofa to talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to show up to a UK parliamentary hearing on Facebook.
Your right to anonymous messaging is under threat
November 8, 2018, TheNextWeb
This week Russia has stepped up its war on anonymity, while in the EU, more and more countries are opting for mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards and it seems only a matter of time before EU-level laws are proposed.
Facebook’s ham-fisted attempts to address the most pressing concerns around disinformation have fallen flat. Its transparency rules forcing political advertisers in the UK to publicly declare when they had paid for an advert are a fiasco!
Vestager on the intersection of data and competition
November 1, 2018, IAPP
“We have to look dangerous.” So said European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager when she sat down to talk the future of data and competition with The Privacy Advisor’s Jennifer Baker at Globsec 2018.
What does the newly signed Convention 108+ mean for UK adequacy?
October 31, 2018, IAPP
The more properly entitled the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, signed by 20 states on Oct.10, has been given an overhaul to bring it into line with the General Data Protection Regulation.
Artificial Intelligence, should we be afraid?
October 26, 2018, European Research Council
At the Frontier Research and Artificial Intelligence Conference, I am joined by European Research Council grantees Agnieszka Wykowska, Phil Howard, and Simon Thorpe to talk about AI, robotics and machine learning.
The new EU “disinformation” code of conduct: will it satisfy MEPs?
September 27, 2018, IAPP
Facebook, Google, Twitter and other online ad giants in Europe have signed up to a new, voluntary code of conduct to tackle disinformation online. The move comes as MEPs grow increasingly uneasy about potential disruption to next year’s European Parliament elections.
Calls for action ahead of European elections following Facebook revelations
September 26, 2018, IAPP
Following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, and just 8 months ahead of the elections, MEPs are worried about malicious interference via Facebook.
#RawPolitics 20.09.18
September 21, 2018, Euronews
Following the European Commission decision to take on Amazon and Facebook, Jennifer Baker is on the sofa to talk about the EU versus big tech.
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What does it mean when we say we want human-centric #AI? Would anyone argue the opposite?
@HolgerHoos @UniLeiden: “it means AI that augments human capabilities rather than just trying to replace them, an AI that compensates for human weaknesses and biases.”
“#AI is a road filled with experiments; we must take a learning approach as we set out on this road. One question to ask: do we need an AI watchdog? In the Netherlands, but in the European Union as well?” #DigitalDays