We invite contributions to a two-day workshop that explores ‘data work’—tasks such as data labelling and annotation that are necessary for the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). This workshop aims to foreground the hidden human costs and epistemic questions involved in the development of datasets and AI systems, which often obscure the vast amounts of data and labour required for their construction and maintenance.
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New report: The right to trust your vote: Cybersecurity, human rights and electronic voting
Voting in elections in the past used to be done with pen and paper. But over the past decades, countries have switched to electronic voting machines (EVMs). Already from the outset, the use of these machines has been heavily criticised by information security experts, concerned about the possibility of election fraud and the undermining of… Continue reading New report: The right to trust your vote: Cybersecurity, human rights and electronic voting
Report for Open Future on Demonopolizing the European public domain
In April of this year, Open Future approached the ILP Lab to take a closer look at the legal status of the datasets produced by the European participants in the Google Books project.
Opinion of the European Copyright Society on the CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II)
The latest Opinion of the European Copyright Society addresses how the concept of pastiche applies to music sampling under EU copyright law, in the context of CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II).
Prof. Helberger awarded with honorary doctorate from University of Fribourg
IViR is proud to share that upon the recommendation of the Department of Communication and Media Research, Prof. Natali Helberger was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg
Scriptie Informatierecht student opgenomen in NJB Topscriptie blog
De scriptie van Informatierecht student Gabriel Labella, “The post is mightier than the sword: Deplatformen van politici op sociale mediaplatforms”, is opgenomen als NJB Topscriptie in het NJB Blog.
Vacancies: Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
The Research Priority Area in Human(e) AI at the University of Amsterdam currently has two vacant Postdoctoral Researcher positions.
Mireille van Eechoud benoemd tot decaan
Het College van Bestuur van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) heeft prof. dr. Mireille van Eechoud, hoogleraar Informatierecht, per 1 januari 2025 benoemd tot decaan van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid. De benoeming is voor een periode van vier jaar. Mireille vervult het decanaat sinds 1 januari dit jaar al op tijdelijke basis. Het IViR feliciteert… Continue reading Mireille van Eechoud benoemd tot decaan
Informatierecht student Machiel van der Wal wint Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs
Op woensdag 9 oktober 2024 is de Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs uitgereikt aan Machiel van der Wal. Zijn scriptie, geschreven ter afsluiting van de master Informatierecht en onder begeleiding van Kristina Irion, werd als winnaar uitgeroepen en beloond met een prijs van 2000 euro.
Vacancy: Postdoc Information Law at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in information law to do research into the legal and ethical aspects of synthetic data and use of synthetic data for policy simulations.