Press Coverage

25 March 2019, The Telegraph

New data from the Office of National Statistics revealed that far fewer jobs are at risk of automation than previously thought

11 March 2019, The Telegraph

Speakers like Alexa, Google and Siri are excluding people who do not identify as male or female, the creators of a new gender-neutral voice assistant have claimed.

7 March 2019, The Sun

As early as next month, porn sites will be required to get proof of ID from UK residents before showing any X-rated clips.

6 March 2019, The Guardian

The options are few and far between. This parliamentary compromise is potentially the only face-saver for the UK

27 February 2019, The Verge

The problem of online content moderation can’t be solved with artificial intelligence, say experts

26 February 2019, Progressive Post

Shaping the future of work in the digital age for the benefit of society is a key task for Progressives. The challenges surrounding the fourth industrial revolution are an impetus to think comparatively.

26 February 2019, Vox

How much screen time teens are getting is the wrong question.

20 February 2019, Slate

He’s a fired former FBI director. She’s a Spice Girl and recently departed judge of America’s Got Talent. I’m not sure even Kevin Bacon could connect James Comey and Mel B. So why does Google think they have something in common?

15 February 2019, Forbes

In yet another study on the subject, it shows that there is no link between playing violent video games and aggression in adolescents.

13 February 2019, The Times

Power up your rocket launcher, take aim at your opponent’s head — and prepare for a guilt-free session of Fortnite. Because there is no link, scientists have said, between violence in video games and violence in real life.

13 February 2019, Financial Times

The bid to prevent algorithms producing racist, sexist or class-conscious decisions

13 February 2019, Sky News

Playing violent video games has no link to teenage aggression, new research has found.

13 February 2019, itv

Playing violent video games does not cause teenagers to be aggressive, according to a new study.

13 February 2019, The Independent

Teenagers who play violent video games are no more prone to real world aggressive behaviour than their peers, according to UK researchers who say their negative effects have been overstated.

11 February 2019, The New Statesman

The issue is not just about privatised regulation of online speech. It is the logic of culturally sanctioned inequality where a blue checkmark guides who gets direct access to the companies that define who can speak online, when, and how.

11 February 2019, The New Statesman

Digital borders already exist. But frictionless borders depend on trust, not surveillance.

7 February 2019, The Guardian

Mariarosaria Taddeo, research fellow at Oxford University’s internet institute and deputy director of its digital ethics lab, believes public services need to exercise care when introducing chatbots.

31 January 2019, The Guardian

Prof Andrew Przybylski, the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute, said the issue of good quality research was vital, adding that many people’s perception of the effect of social media is largely rooted in hype.

30 January 2019, Oxford Mail

"If there are wonderful technologies that make borders near frictionless, why aren’t they being used elsewhere – or where are they being used?” said Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, associate professor at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute.

30 January 2019, Forbes

Wachter, who is a lawyer and research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, argues that with modern interconnected digital technologies, data is not so much knowingly created by the user as it is observed or captured by devices and services.