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Disrupting Technologies of Trust: Ethical and Regulatory Challenges of the Platform Economy
Date: Wednesday 12 December 2018 Time: 15.15 – 17.00 Location: Eetkamer, Drift 27, University Library City Centre, Utrecht Please register now This UGlobe Dialogue on technological innovation will address the complex interaction of trust, regulation, and data technology, in the context of the platform economy, such as Airbnb, Uber and ‘reputational technologies’. What are the central…
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A GLIMPSE INTO THE DIGITAL POORHOUSE
Review of the “Privacyrede 2019” by Virginia Eubanks at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 16-01-2019 Although Virginia Eubanks describes herself as a “hard-won optimist”, it is difficult not to feel a tinge—or a wave—of technological pessimism when she lays out the devastating consequences of the automation of various social services across the United States. One of the first…
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Reimagining Data Futures: Data and Agency
A panel with Jonathan Gray, Stefania Milan, Minna Ruckenstein and Mirko Tobias Schäfer, chaired by Imge Ozcan at #PrivacyCamp19 […] Read more
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Smart City Governance: Citizens, Privacy and Services
During the forthcoming CPDP Data Protection and Democracy conference, this panel addresses ethical issues and civil rights in smart cities. Panellists are William Webster (University of Stirling, UK), Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Utrecht University, NL), Max von Grafenstein (University of the Arts Berlin), Sara Degli-Esposti (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ES), David Murakami Wood (Queens University,…
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De Informatiegestuurde Overheid
Data School project leader Mirko Tobias Schäfer will give a keynote lecture on Data & Ethics during the forthcoming congress De Informatiegestuurde Overheid. […] Read more