Posts by European Hub of the NoC
Global dialogue on the ethics of digitalisation
Today, under the patronage of the Federal President of Germany, HIIG is launching a worldwide research project Berlin, 17 August 2020 – Today, in Schloss Bellevue, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be presiding over the launch event of the two-year project “Ethics of digitalisation – from principles to practices”. The project by the NoC…
Read MorePreserving privacy in the age of Big Data
New report finds gig economy companies must do more to protect workers during COVID-19
The report, which looks at the responses of 120 platforms across 23 countries to the COVID-19 pandemic, assesses platforms against the methods they have used to protect their workers during this global health crisis. While some ride-hailing companies like Bolt (South Africa) and Grab (Philippines) had put in place measures such as plastic barriers between drivers and passengers, only five platforms of…
Read MoreWeizenbaum-Institut beteiligt sich an Datenstrategie der Bundesregierung. Stellungnahme für eine am Gemeinwohl orientierte Datenpolitik
Hier geht es zur Stellungnahme.
Read MoreA Tough Market for Misinformers to Crack
Some 85% of Moldovans believe that the news they read are politically biased and published to manipulate the public; a total of 56% of them are not satisfied with mass media in their country, according to a study published by Internews in November 2018. It is not surprising then that Moldovans turn to social media to inform…
Read MoreHigh-Speed Internet Helps Populist Parties
The spread of broadband internet and the electoral success of populist parties are closely related, researchers Max Schaub of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and Davide Morisi (Collegio Carlo Alberto) show in a study focusing on the AfD in Germany and the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy. The study demonstrates that it is possible to draw a…
Read MoreNew Research To Explore Governance Of Emerging Technologies
The new research programme aims to scientifically investigate the legal, ethical and technical aspects of AI, machine learning and other emerging information technologies. This new programme is coordinated by Prof. Sandra Wachter, a legal scholar; Dr. Brent Mittelstadt, an ethicist; and Dr. Chris Russell – a specialist in machine learning. Working across this trinity of disciplines the programme will…
Read MoreA ‘Disinformation ABC’ & other strategies to address malevolent speech online
“Governments should refrain from triggering the removal of undesirable, but legal, content, as such action is inconsistent with freedom of expression,” said Susan Ness, the group’s co-chair and founder, in releasing a report and a set of working papers concerning U.S. and EU efforts to control disinformation. In their second set of working papers, members…
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