Press Coverage

29 May 2020, The Express

Russia has pleaded with the US for cooperation in the two countries fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

28 May 2020, Nature

Protect privacy, equality and fairness in digital contact tracing with these key questions.

28 May 2020, The Conversation

An archive of webpages shows Dominic Cummings's blog was edited in April 2020 to include content about the possible threat of coronaviruses. Contrary to his claim he wrote about it last year.

26 May 2020, Tech Crunch

Many governments are turning to AI tools to both advance the medical research and manage public health, now and in the long term. These technologies are certainly promising, but they must be implemented in ways that do not undermine human rights.

26 May 2020, CBC

Questions about the origin of the virus are driving conspiracy theories.

26 May 2020, Deutsche Welle

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digitalization at schools, in health care and other social interaction. Some say the rapid change was unimaginable just a few years ago. Is it a threat to our online privacy?

21 May 2020, CBC

Alt-tech platforms champion free speech, and act as reservoirs for clips removed from major social media sites.

18 May 2020, The Conversation

COVID-19 is disrupting education on an unprecedented scale and this is already leading to growing inequalities.

18 May 2020, Los Angeles Times

President Trump has accelerated his attacks as he runs for reelection, escalating his spread of disinformation about perceived enemies and his administration’s record during the COVID-19 crisis.

14 May 2020, Swiss Info

It remains a question whether being infected with Covid-19 offers permanent, or even temporary, immunity against the virus.

14 May 2020, Open Democracy

Although there is little evidence of ‘disaster capitalism’, ‘compassionate capitalism’ has been in rather short supply.

13 May 2020, Vice

Is privacy more important the hypothetical chance to save lives or protect yourself from contagion?

12 May 2020, The Evening Standard

Twitter will warn its users if posts on coronavirus are controversial or contain misleading information about the virus.

12 May 2020, Journalisten

Graphics, text and marketing can be obtained at a fraction of Danish prices on global freelance platforms. “Simple tasks will be massively outsourced,” says Oxford researcher. A threat to you and me?

12 May 2020, BBC News

Twitter has started putting warning messages on tweets containing misleading information about Covid-19.

12 May 2020, Politico

The coronavirus is providing a global rallying cry for conspiracy theorists and far-right extremists on both sides of the Atlantic.

7 May 2020, New York Times

The British government’s tool to track infected people puts it at odds with Apple and Google on privacy.

6 May 2020, BBC News

Facebook has announced who will sit on an independent board, set up to have ultimate say over what controversial content should be taken down.

6 May 2020, Computer Weekly

Experts call for greater clarity over how contact-tracing data will be used, while discussing the limitations of the coronavirus app.

6 May 2020, Smart Lighting

Businesses across all sectors are increasingly concerned about the impact of COVID-19, according to the CoRisk Index, a new online tool from the University of Oxford.