Emily Taylor specialises in cybersecurity, internet law and governance including digital gender inclusion, and surveillance laws. She is the CEO of Oxford Information Labs Limited, a cyber intelligence company which monitors global policy issues arising from Internet technologies and designs the implementation and delivery of cyber security solutions. Emily is the Editor of the Journal of Cyber Policy, an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, International Security Department.Emily is an Affiliate Professor at the Dirpolis Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, a founding member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group to the UN Internet Governance Forum, as well as a member of the Research Advisory Network to the Global Commission on Internet Governance. She is also a co-founder of Netistrar Limited, an ICANN accredited domain registrar. She is the author of numerous reports on cybersecurity-related issues, and has devised and teaches compact seminars and master classes on internet law for regulators and post-graduate students. A qualified lawyer (now non-practising), Emily began working in the Internet environment in 1999, and was director of Legal and Policy at Nominet UK. She is a sought-after chair, moderator, trainer and commentator on cyber issues, including for broadcast news, the Guardian, Slate, Wired, SC Magazine and New Statement, and the BBC Now Show.
DemTech investigates the use of algorithms, automation, and computational propaganda in public life.
By Stacie Hoffmann, Emily Taylor, and Samantha Bradshaw
Electoral misinformation poses a critical threat to democracy. This report outlines the failure of social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, in countering it, and argues that the UK needs increased regulation of digital campaigning.
3 August 2020
A new report from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), in collaboration with Oxford Information Labs (OxIL) has found that more than 60% of junk news sites are using one of the major advertising platforms help convert website traffic into income.
11 October 2019
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC) has found many of the self-regulatory measures taken by social media platforms have failed to prevent the spread of disinformation.
25 April 2019
The OII has launched a new commission to find ways to safeguard democracy from the potentially disruptive influences of modern technology
