IViR Lecture: Managing Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSA

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Ben Wagnerwill give a lecture entitledManaging Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSAon 2 February 2024 Ben Wagner is Associate Professor Human Rights and Technology at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and Director of the AI ​​Futures Lab at TU Delft. He is also Professor of Media,… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Managing Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSA

IViR Lecture: Biometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Colin Bennettwill give a lecture entitledBiometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?on Friday 23 June 2023 All democratic countries require reliable methods to authenticate the identity of eligible voters. They need ways to ensure that only those eligible to vote are included in… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Biometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?

IViR Lecture: Effective AI regulation in the face of global interdependence

IViR is pleased to announce that Daniel Müggewill give a lecture entitledEffective AI regulation in the face of global interdependenceon Friday 9 September 2022 Across the EU, stakeholders currently debate how artificial intelligence should be regulated, building on the 2021 Commission proposal for an AI Act. There is insufficient recognition, however, that both the shape… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Effective AI regulation in the face of global interdependence

IViR Lunch Lecture: Towards a fair balance in the digitised music industry: setting the tone

IViR is pleased to announce that Jozefien Vanherpe will give a Lunch Lecture entitledTowards a fair balance in the digitised music industry: setting the tone on 31 May 2022 This lecture introduces the dissertation of Jozefien Vanherpe, which focuses on the question how the legal framework can contribute to achieving a fair(er) balance between the… Continue reading IViR Lunch Lecture: Towards a fair balance in the digitised music industry: setting the tone

IViR Lecture: The Influencer Republic: Monetizing Political Speech on Social Media

IViR is pleased to announce that Catalina Goanta & Giovanni De Gregoriowill give a lecture entitledThe Influencer Republic: Monetizing Political Speech on Social Mediaon Friday 29 April 2022 This lecture addresses the specific challenges arising from the monetization of political speech on social media, and propose a normative argument to extend consumer disclosures to political… Continue reading IViR Lecture: The Influencer Republic: Monetizing Political Speech on Social Media

IViR Lecture: (Ir)Responsible Legislature? Speech Risks under the EU’s Rules on Delegated Digital Enforcement

IViR is pleased to announce thatMartin Husovecwill give a lecture entitled(Ir)Responsible Legislature? Speech Risks under the EU’s Rules on Delegated Digital Enforcementon Friday 25 March 2022 Countries around the world are legitimately demanding that the providers of digital spaces fix the problem of illegal content on their services. The European Union legislature is increasingly entrusting various… Continue reading IViR Lecture: (Ir)Responsible Legislature? Speech Risks under the EU’s Rules on Delegated Digital Enforcement

IViR Lecture: Empathy in Digital Government

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Sofia Ranchordás will give a lecture aboutEmpathy in Digital Government on Friday 4 February 2022. Humans make mistakes. Humans make mistakes especially while filling out tax returns, benefit applications, and other government forms, which are often tainted with complex language, requirements, and short deadlines. However, the unique human… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Empathy in Digital Government

IViR Lecture: How to regulate AI?

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Mireille Hildebrandtwill give a lecture aboutHow to regulate AI?on Friday 26 November 2021 In this talk professor Hildebrandt will reflect on what it means to develop legal norms to constrain the development, provision and deployment of computational systems. Legal norms are text-driven, whereas computational systems are driven by… Continue reading IViR Lecture: How to regulate AI?