Olga Gkotsopoulou at ALL DIGITAL Week launch event 2020: Fake news and media literacy (Brussels, 10 March 2020)
[Talk] On 10 March 2020, LSTS researcher Olga Gkotsopoulou will give a talk on "How well do you know your digital self? Young people ponder upon fake news, data protection and their democratic competences" at the 11th All Digital Week launch event 2020 “Get your facts straight!
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[POSTPONED] Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL: Petra Molnar @Gender, Technology & Law sessions (1 April 2020, Brussels)
[Talk] [!] This event has been postponed [!]
On 1 April 2020, at 10:00-12:00 at VUB Etterbeek campus (exact location to be announced), Petra Molnar will speak about "Immigration, Iris-Scanning, and iBorderCTRL: The Human Rights Impacts of Migration Control Technologies".
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Facial Recognition in Law enforcement: Rosamunde van Brakel @Brussels (4 March 2020)
[Event] Professors Barry Friedman (New York University Law School, Policing Project), Rosamunde van Brakel (LSTS-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies) and Theodore Christakis (Director of the AI-Regulation Chair in the M...
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New publication on the silencing effect of digital transnational repression
[Publication] Marcus Michaelsen’s new report examines the online efforts of authoritarian regimes to intimidate activists outside their borders. Authoritarian regimes have long used a variety of repressive tools to control, silence, and punish dissidents living abroad.
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Registrations are now open for the Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2020!
[Education] Registrations are now open for the Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law in Brussels!
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d.pia.lab Policy Brief No. 1/2019 "Towards a method for data protection impact assessment: Making sense of GDPR requirements" is now available in German.
[Publication] d.pia.lab Policy Brief No.
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Investigating assessment methods for no-gate crossing technologies at European borders: A comparison between PERSONA’s, TRESSPASS’ and SMILE’s approaches Brussels, 5-6 March 2020
This workshop is part of the collaboration between the EU H2020 research projects Privacy, Ethical, Regulatory, and Social No-gate Crossing Point Solutions Acceptance (PERSONA, coordinated by VUB), Robust Risk-Based Screening and Alert System for Passengers and Luggage (TRESSPASS, coordinated by Dem...
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AI as a medical device: Anastasiya Kiseleva at CiTiP (KU Leuven, 28 February)
[Talk] Anastasiya Kiseleva is invited to present at the Centre for IT and IP Law at KU Leuven (CiTiP).
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The ethics of cybersecurity: Cybersecurity regulation in the EU
[Publication] Prof Gloria González Fuster and researcher Lina Jasmontaite participate with a chapter on “Cybersecurity Regulation in the European Union: The Digital, the Critical and Fundamental Rights” in the recently published book “The Ethics of Cybe...
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Algorithmic Impact Assessment: Gianclaudio Malgieri at FTC and US Senate (Washington DC, 6 February 2020)
[Talk] On 6 February, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) 2019 award winners Gianclaudio Malgieri and Margot Kaminski were invited to speak about Algorithmic Impact Assessment at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Nemesis: Marco Giacalone awarded MSCA Individual Fellowship for his research on Online Dispute Resolution
[Project] Marco Giacalone has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for his research project 'Nemesis' on Online Dispute Resolution.
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New PhD Vacancy on e-Health and human enhancement
[Vacancy] The HALL team is looking for a researcher who has a strong interest in human enhancement. A particular focus on cognitive enhancement (brain sciences and law) is especially welcome.
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