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Telling Tales of Engagement: Raising Awareness of Human Rights Issues

What impact do short videos about human rights have on the awareness and engagement with with Human Rights by University students? This is the question we sought to address in a recent study in collobation with with Prof. Matthew Daniles of the Institute of World Politics, who in 2016 launched the universalrights.com YouTube channel that features student created short human rights videos.

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Presentation of “a governance framework for algorithmic accountability and transparency” at the European Parliament

On October 25th we presented our Science Technology Options Assessment (STOA) report on “a governance framework for algorithmic accountability and transparency” to the Members of the European Parliament and the European Parliament Research Services “Panel for the Future of Science and Technology.

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Age-Appropriate Design Code – call for evidence by the ICO

5Rights report: ‘Digital Childhood: Addressing Childhood Development Milestones in the Digital Environment’

As of May 25th 2018 the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018) has taken effect in the UK, supporting and supplementing the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

An important requirement in the DPA2018, going beyond the GDPR, is the inclusion of an Age Appropriate Design Code (section 123 of DPA2018) to provide guidance on the design standards that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will expect providers of online ‘Information Society Services’ (ISS), which are likely to be accessed by children, to meet.

The ICO is responsible for drafting the Code and has issued a call for evidence is the first stage of the consultation process.

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