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    A collection of our recent news stories, press coverage, and contact details for journalists.

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    Press releases

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    Oxford researchers design new methods for tracking changes in public opinion
    New Oxford report shows freelance and microwork platforms fail to provide minimum fairness standards for their global workforce 
    Oxford study calls for greater government support for public libraries to help bridge digital divide
    Oxford report reveals best and worst practices in gig economy
    New study finds coordinated amplification network promoting tweets by China’s diplomats in the UK
    New study finds Chinese actors using social media networks to influence foreign public opinion
    Study suggests little to no increase over time in association between adolescents’ technology engagement and mental health problems, urges more transparent collaborations between academia and industry
    Consumers missing out on products and offers through tech giants unfair profiling in online advertising, say Oxford legal and AI ethics experts
    Apply now for new Associate Professor role in AI and Society
    Robot
    AI modelling tool developed by Oxford academics incorporated into Amazon anti-bias software
    Oxford researchers propose new framework for AI governance
    New approach needed to address bias in machine learning and AI systems, say Oxford legal and AI ethics experts
    Uber’s Call for Change in Europe Shirks Responsibility while Highlighting Real Challenges say Fairwork researchers
    Digital detoxing doesn’t necessarily improve personal well-being, new study finds
    Victoria Nash
    Announcing the OII’s next Director
    New Landmark Study on Online Gendered Abuse and Disinformation
    Generous donors take Shirley Scholars Fund past milestone figure
    Social media manipulation by political actors now an industrial scale problem prevalent in over 80 countries – annual Oxford report
    Clear link between climate scepticism and support for right-wing populists, study finds
    New software tool to help researchers with complex social network data collection projects could be used to fight Covid-19
    Spread of disinformation the biggest concern for internet and social media users globally finds new Oxford study
    Oxford academics achieve Associate Professor status
    Professor Helen Margetts OBE awarded prestigious prize by University of Dusseldorf
    Tech companies continue to provide online infrastructure for contentious Covid-19 websites even after flagging them as fake news, finds new Oxford study
    Groundbreaking new study says time spent playing video games can be good for your wellbeing
    Fairwork Foundation announces Code of Good Practice to protect gig workers in South Africa
    NASA-style caution needed before allowing research to influence policy
    OxCAIGG report II
    Global public opinion split on benefits of AI, finds new Oxford study
    “Anything that causes chaos is RT’s line” New study lifts the lid on RT’s role in wreaking political havoc.
    New report calls for gig economy platforms to provide Covid-19 testing for workers
    Covid-related misinformation videos spread primarily through Facebook, as its fact-checkers fail to spot false information, finds new Oxford study
    Demise of Big Tech platforms like Facebook would pose serious risks to data privacy with damaging social and economic consequences, new study finds
    Former digital adviser to David Beckham and senior UN officer join OII
    Junk news sites using advertising and web search optimization to spread COVID-19 misinformation, finds new study
    OxCAIGG logo for title
    New Commission to Address AI and Good Governance in Public Policy
    Telegram becomes refuge for far-right commentators, says new Oxford study
    Finance leader joins Oxford Internet Institute as Visiting Policy Fellow
    Covid19
    State-backed media from China and Russia targets European and Latin American audiences with coronavirus news
    David Tomchak
    Leading digital editor David Tomchak joins OII
    Almost half of all administrative tasks in general practice could be automated, says new report
    Platform economy assessed for first time in Germany: COVID-19 pandemic brings into sharp relief risks faced by workers
    Mariarosaria Taddeo
    The Turing appoints Dstl Ethics Fellow Mariarosaria Taddeo
    Report finds gig workers are among the most vulnerable groups in South Africa’s Covid-19 crisis
    Covid19
    Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 04-05-2020
    Wikipedia traffic and darknet drug market data can help shed light on the opioid epidemic
    Ravi Naik
    Legal expert takes up fellowship at Oxford Internet Institute
    Floridi to join Ethics Advisory Board for NHSx COVID-19 app
    New report finds gig economy companies must do more to protect workers during COVID-19
    Covid19
    Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 20-04-2020
    YouTube proving a popular source of reliable information on COVID-19, but public health agencies could make greater use of channel

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    Press Coverage

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    Unlocking real estate’s data potential
    Read in INCANS Risk Insight
    Who is the proptech leader: UK or US?
    Read in Property Week
    Crypto as a ‘public good’ in the 22nd century
    Read in Cointelegraph
    The Telegraph
    Claws out for China over attempt to blame Covid pandemic on US lobsters
    Read in Telegraph
    Twitter accounts tied to China lied that COVID came from Maine lobsters
    Read in USA Today
    China-linked campaign pushes unfounded claim tying Maine lobster to COVID: report
    Read in The Hill
    Independent
    China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters
    Read in The Independent
    Internet Privacy—Or Lack Thereof—Can Quietly Affect Your Mental Health
    Read in Glamour
    NBC News
    China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters
    Read in NBC News
    ComputerWeekly
    Police IT buyers should compel suppliers to prove AI claims
    Read in Computer Weekly
    How dangerous are Facebook & Co. for their users?
    Read in Frankfurter Allgemeine
    Al-Jazeera logo
    The Listening Post
    Read in Al Jazeera
    BBC News
    White Mischief
    Read in BBC News
    BBC News
    Smart headbands claim to make people calmer. Do they work?
    Read in BBC News
    CNN
    What’s stunning about the misinformation trend — and how to fix it
    Read in CNN
    New Scientist
    EU votes to restrict AI use in law enforcement whilst UK rolls it out
    Read in New Scientist
    Wired
    Amazon’s Astro robot uses fear to get into your home
    Read in Wired
    El Pais
    No one wants to date in a ghost town
    Read in El Pais
    Inside Scoop podcast
    Read in Inside Scoop
    Can football-playing robots beat the World Cup winners by 2050?
    Read in BBC News
    The Guardian
    Is Facebook leading us on a journey to the metaverse?
    Read in The Guardian
    Wired
    GB News and talkTV will never start a culture war
    Read in Wired
    BBC World Service
    Is social media toxic for teenagers?
    Read in BBC News
    Podcast: Inside Europe: Germany with Karolin Schwarz, Felix Karte and Lisa-Maria Neudert
    Read in Infotagion
    The Wall Street Journal
    Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls
    Read in Wall Street Journal
    BBC Digital Planet
    The Children’s Code protecting kids online
    Read in BBC Digital Planet
    Wikipedia has a language problem
    Read in Salon
    ITV
    The Taliban has over 800k Twitter followers – could they get a blue tick soon?
    Read in ITV News
    CNN
    Chinese government puts further restrictions on gaming hours
    Read in CNN
    Reuters
    Digital detox: Can taking a break from tech improve your well-being?
    Read in Reuters
    The Telegraph
    Big Tech fails to spot racist posts using emojis, study finds
    Read in The Telegraph
    ITV
    ‘Hatemoji’: Racially abusive ’emojis’ less likely to be detected online than words, study finds
    Read in ITV News
    Sky News
    Emojis are making it harder for tech giants to track down online abuse
    Read in Sky News
    China invents Swiss expert for Wuhan lab propaganda
    Read in The Times
    Wired
    Facebook plans ad transparency measures ahead of Iraq elections
    Read in Wired
    The Atlantic
    The Far-Right View on Climate Politics
    Read in The Atlantic
    The New York Times
    Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming
    Read in New York Times
    Growing online ‘influence-for-hire’ economy opens door for foreign interference: report
    Read in Sydney Morning Herald
    Online workers are creating new tools to improve their working conditions. Will it work?
    Read in ZDNet
    The New York Times
    Why Aren’t People Going Back to Their Jobs?
    Read in New York Times
    The Sun
    ENTER THE MATRIX Inside China’s chilling network of AI generated PEOPLE on Facebook & Twitter spreading anti-vaxx lies & Covid fake news
    Read in The Sun
    Nikkei Asia
    Cross-border online work increases 30% amid COVID-19 pandemic
    Read in Nikkei Asia
    Politico
    At the whim of Amazon’ — after the pandemic, gig workers are getting organized
    Read in Politico
    BBC News
    Why was my tweet about football labelled abusive?
    Read in BBC News
    Ghost work is taking over the world—and you may not even know it
    Read in Prospect Magazine
    The Conversation
    Targeted ads isolate and divide us even when they’re not political – new research
    Read in The Conversation
    El Pais
    Privacy matters – but there’s more to WhatsApp’s story
    Read in El Pais
    Metro
    Kremlin bots are fuelling chaos and lies about the pandemic
    Read in Metro
    The Guardian
    Covid ticketing rules exclude people not online from major events
    Read in Guardian
    Venture Beat
    Researchers find machine learning models still struggle to detect hate speech
    Read in VentureBeat

    Latest blogs

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    Should we worry about the government nudging us with personalised advertising?
    The Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world’s remote freelancing market
    Lifting the lid on misinformation in the media, join us at MISDOOM 2021
    Unbiased Big Data: A new area of forecasting?
    The Complex World of Teens’ Self-Tracking
    Tackling online hate speech one emoji at a time
    Are We Really Living in an ‘Infodemic’? Science Suggests a Different Story
    Why the future of work needs trust
    AI’s coming home: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Tackle Racist Emoji in Football
    Targeted ads isolate and divide us even when they’re not political
    Privacy matters – but there’s more to WhatsApp’s story 
    Decentralised digital identity: what is it, and what does it mean for marginalised populations?
    Tackling misinformation one algorithm at a time
    Can online labour platforms bring jobs to the countryside?
    Lifting the lid on misinformation in the media, join us at MISDOOM 2021
    Introducing the Online Labour Observatory: Data on female participation in the remote gig economy and more
    COVID-19 has reinforced China’s role as the global leader in edtech
    The good, the bad and the scapegoat
    What skills do we need in the workplace of the future?
    Victoria Nash
    First term in my dream job
    Fairwork Ecuador Scores 2021: Rating fairness in the Latin American gig economy
    Uber forced to recognise its drivers as workers, but falls short of offering Fair Pay and Representation
    ILO report: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
    Lifting the lid on the gig economy
    National Apprenticeship Week 2021: In conversation with Maisy Gills, OII Apprentice Administrative Assistant
    BBC Sounds
    Afternoons on BBC Oxford interview with Professor Victoria Nash
    Zo Ahmed and Claire Woodcock
    Introducing the 2020 OII MSc Thesis Prize Winners
    Reconfigure: Feminist Action Research in Cybersecurity
    Good governance for trustworthy AI in the European Union
    Intercultural Digital Ethics at the OII
    Rating fairness in the Indian platform economy: 2020 Fairwork scores
    California’s Proposition 22 Reinforces the Need for Fair Working Conditions Worldwide
    How workers learn skills in the online platform economy, and how platforms, policies, and learning providers can support them
    Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend?
    California’s Proposition 22 Presents an Alarming Turning Point in Labour Law
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Marcus Rashford MBE
    How social media echo chambers emerge (and why all your friends think Trump will lose)
    adrienne maree brown
    Black Heroes of the Internet – adrienne maree brown
    Blog hashtag
    Hijacking Hashtags in Times of COVID-19: How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter
    Joy Buolamwini
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Joy Buolamwini
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Professor Charlton McIlwain
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Emna Mizouni
    Deen Freon
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Deen Freelon
    Black Heroes of the Internet – Juliana Rotich
    Uphold Digital Sovereignty, Avert Digital Autarky  
    Harnessing online tactics to save a species
    Uneven and contested information geographies: How Wikipedia risks reproducing and reinforcing knowledge inequities through its digital representation of cities
    Tackling the ethical challenges of the gig economy
    Automotive blog
    How the Covid-19 crisis facilitates innovation – and how to measure it with online data
    AI @ Work: overcoming structural challenges to ensure successful implementation of AI in the workplace