Scoping Exercise
Mark O’Conor reflects on SCL’s activities and looks forward to the forthcoming SCL Conference…
Innovation
Artificial Intelligence: Who’s to blame?
Lynn Richmond looks at the way we apportion blame in law and the need for a reconsideration of the relevant law in the light of the development of AI. She goes on to bring the issue close to home by considering the liability of lawyers in the future AI-influenced practice of law…
Product Review: Gemini – the Psion 2.0!
Dr W Kuan Hon has a new gadget and she loves it…
Commons Select Committee’s Interim Report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’
In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a series of stark warnings and made a series of recommendations….
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Cloud and Other Digital Services Providers – Security & Incident Notification Obligations under the UK NIS Regulations, and GDPR comparison
Dr W Kuan Hon explains the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
The New European Electronic Communications Code
Mike Conradi brings us up to date on developments with the proposed EU Code, highlighting the main features of the new Code…
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Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Smart contracts: can code ever be law?
Hoi Tak Leung, our Associate Editor for Hong Kong and China, takes a fresh look at smart contracts and when or whether they are enforceable….
#MeToo for AI? Could Cambridge Analytica happen again?
Peter Leonard and Toby Walsh ask if the Cambridge Analytica scandal might be a #MeToo moment for algorithmic decision-making and AI?…
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AI: Changing Rules for a Changed World
Terence Bergin QC and Quentin Tannock use the rise and expected further development of FinTech to explore some of the legal issues that might arise from AI…