If we had the choice to be paid to discuss and share our likes, dislikes, food choices, political views, health issues, desires, fears and anything that makes us unique, would we? Read the rest of this entry »
How much is your data worth to tech companies? US Lawmakers want to tell you, but it’s not that easy to calculate – Samuel Lengen
16 07 2019
New proposed legislation by U.S. senators Mark R. Warner and Josh Hawley seeks to protect privacy by forcing tech companies to disclose the “true value” of their data to users. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Samuel Lengen, The Conversation
Categories : Data Protection, Internet, Social Media, United States
Does UK tech policy show a lack of coordination? – Damian Tambini
13 07 2019
It has been an extraordinarily busy year in UK tech policy. The Furman Review reported on digital competition, recommending changes to competition law and a new regulator to deal with data dominance, competition and consumer welfare. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damian Tambini, LSE. Media Policy Project, Online Harms White Paper
Categories : Internet, Social Media
Online Harms White Paper: Two comments on “harms” – Hugh Tomlinson QC
5 07 2019
The Online Harms White Paper proposes to subject companies that allow users to share or discover user-generated content or interact with each other online (“platforms”) to a new “duty of care”. The intention is to make platforms take more responsibility for protecting users against a variety of “online harms”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Internet, Privacy, Social Media
Revenge pornography and online hate content: the evidence underpinning calls for regulating online harms in the UK – Julia Davidson and Sonia Livingstone
4 07 2019
The UK Government’s Online Harms White Paper includes a much-discussed Table (p.31) on the online harms in scope of the proposed regulation. This distinguishes “Harms with a clear definition” from “Harms with a less clear definition” and “Underage exposure to legal content.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Julia Davidson, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Sonia Livingstone
Categories : Academic, Internet, Social Media
Break up big tech? Make it fairer? Sure, but let’s support our right to refuse what technology companies offer us – Seeta Peña Gangadharan
30 06 2019
With billions of people now members of social media networks such as Facebook and the all-pervasiveness of big tech throughout many aspects of our lives, conversations about digital citizenship have never been more important. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Seeta Peña Gangadharan
Categories : Internet, Social Media
The Law, the ‘Outlaws’ and Ad Tech’s O.K. Corral – Ali Vaziri
29 06 2019
Programmatic advertising is often likened by commentators to the Wild West: some because they consider it to be a lawless place where anything goes; others because it pushes boundaries and is creating a new frontier. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Adtech, Ali Vaziri
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Freedom of Information, Internet
Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy? – Donell Holloway
28 06 2019
I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown the nest. Now I’m swamped with Google and Facebook ads for beds and bedding. The week before it was puffer jackets. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Donell Holloway, Surveillance Capitalism, The Conversation
Categories : Data Protection, Internet, Privacy
The ‘Christchurch Call’ is just a start. Now we need to push for systemic change – Kevin Veale
17 05 2019
The “Christchurch Call” summit has made specific progress, with tech companies and world leaders signing an agreement to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. The question now is how we collectively follow up on its promise. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Christchurch, Kevin Veale, The Conversation
Categories : Government and Policy, Internet, Social Media
Tackling misinformation and disinformation online – Ashley Hurst
16 05 2019
This post explains why I think the Government’s White Paper on Online Harms and its so-called “duty of care” is not the answer to online disinformation and why the way forward should be focussed on technology and education. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Ashley Hurst, Online Harms White Paper
Categories : Internet, Social Media
