From surveillance capitalism to racial bias in AI and deepfake media, SCL Student Bytes are here to give you the latest discussions surrounding the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution.
MSTL speaks to Susan Benesch, director and founder of the Dangerous Speech Project, and Faculty Associate of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, about the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to uphold the ban on Donald Trump's Facebook account, and the role of international human rights law in providing oversight for social media content.
10 May 2021
Episode 8: NFTs: A Lasting Trend?
'What is being traded is not the artwork, it's the participation.'CFO and Co-Founder of Capexmove, Eti Cüneyt, discusses what NFTs are, why the NBA is using them, and how the world may respond to the continuing expansion of the cryptosphere.
11 Apr 2021
Episode 7: Reducing Online Harms: A Statutory Duty of Care
What duties does the internet owe you? A discussion with Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex, on establishing a statutory duty of care owed by internet platforms to users of their services.
24 Feb 2021
Episode 6: The Rise of Legal Tech in Asylum Justice
How are HighQ and Bryter are being used to assist Refugees in Greece?Phil Worthington, Managing Director of European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), explains how these platforms are being used to increase access to justice for the thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers on the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos.
10 Feb 2021
5 Min Answers: Is the law holding AI back?
AI's potential vs legal uncertainty. Who wins?Head of AI at Gowling WLG and co-editor of ‘The Law of Artificial Intelligence’ gives us an insight.Full conversation out now.
27 Jan 2021
Episode 5: Crimes Against Humanity: The impact of digital evidence
Understanding and assisting the use of digital evidence to increase accountability for atrocity crimes and human rights abuses.This goal and more is shared by Bethany Houghton, assistant counsel at Public International Law and Policy Group.
18 Jan 2021
5 Min Answers: How Would You Answer This Year’s SCL Student Essay Prize Question?
There is increasing concern that machine learning tools embed bias in their operations and outputs. To what extent does the law currently provide adequate protection from or adequate redress in respect of any such discrimination?
6 Jan 2021
5 Min Answers: Crimes against humanity are growing more visible online, but does that lead to more accountability?
This clip is taken from a full conversation with Bethany Houghton, assistant counsel at The Public International Law and Policy Group. Coming soon.
4 Jan 2021
Episode 4: Is the law holding AI back?
Matt Hervey--Head of AI at Gowling WLG and co-editor of 'The Law of Artificial Intelligence'--talks about the law's protection against bias in AI, distrust in AI, future of AI law, and more.
19 Oct 2020
Episode 3: Data Ownership & the GDPR
CEO of tech start-up SayMine, Gal Ringel, talks about how notions of data ownership have changed in the GDPR era, and the role of the private sector in making these rights accessible to the general public.
21 Sept 2020
Episode 2: Predictive Policing and Non-Discrimination
Jacob Turner of Fountain Court Chambers sheds light on the issues surrounding the use of predictive policing, explainability of AI decision making, potential legal or non-legal solutions, and whether AI ought to be bestowed with legal personhood.Timestamps:0:07 Introducing Jacob Turner and overview of current use of predictive policing05:36 Is there negative stigmatisation of such AI technologies?07:48 Is increasing complexity of AI an issue?10:23 How should AI be regulated? Hard/soft laws, sector-specific solutions, public/private use distinction, balance struck in UK and EU, alternatives to legislation)24:15 Legal personhood of AI discussed within 'Robot Rules'29:25 Would AI liability serve justice for possible victims of discriminatory facial recognition? Accountability and notions of justice35:24 Public outrage's impact on AI use37:14 Roundup of topics discussed and Jacob's Solicitor Advocate journey42:07: Switch to Bar and differences in skills used
26 Aug 2020
Episode 1: Is Big Infrastructure the next big data issue? A look at COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Anna Hoffman, a barrister at 4 Pump Court Chambers in London, gives us an insight into UK’s developing tracing apps and the extent to which those may impede on our basic rights to privacy. The UK’s handling of the pandemic may serve as a microcosm of future issues facing the regulation of technology such as the growth of colossal tech companies, showing increasing divergence in attitudes to privacy between the West and Asia.
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