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Dutch Court Provides Valuable Precedent for Human Rights in the Digital Welfare State

Divij Joshi - 26th March 2020

Media Privacy and Communications| Right to Privacy

Even as the use of technologies utilising ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘big data’ proliferates in the public sector, their compatibility with human rights norms and constitutional rights has been circumspect. Investigations into the ‘digital welfare state’ reveal that the implementation of automated decision-making tools within essential government services is prejudicing the human rights of welfare dependents. […]

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JCHR Report: The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution

Tim Cochrane - 18th December 2019

Right to Privacy

On 3 November 2019, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report on The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution. The report highlights ways in which privacy rights risk being undermined by technology companies online, and proposes recommendations for reform. While some of the report’s findings are underdeveloped, on the […]

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Why the Digitization of Welfare States is a Pressing Human Rights Issue

Christiaan van Veen - 18th December 2019

Right to Privacy

In this blog post, Director of NYU Law’s Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project, Christiaan van Veen, discusses a report presented by United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, to the UN General Assembly. The recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, prepared […]

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Anti-mask Law Ruled a Disproportionate Infringement of Rights Amidst Political Upheaval in Hong Kong

Valerie Kwok - 13th December 2019

Right to Privacy

Not only has the Hong Kong anti-government movement not died down after 6 months, but it has escalated. The government seems to think that it is worth suspending human rights guarantees in the expense of peace. Injunction is granted against violence-inciting online comments, limiting the freedom of speech. The most recent spotlight is the judgement […]

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Protecting the right to privacy against doxxing: injunction as the only effective means

Martin Kwan - 1st November 2019

Right to Privacy

Doxxing refers to the act of researching one’s private information (e.g. home address) and then exposing it publicly (usually by posting it on the internet). It is a form of cyber-harassment. In Hong Kong, given the recent political upheaval, the police are on bad terms with some citizens. There is distrust and dislike between them. […]

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