Ravi Naik, the Law Society’s 2018 – 2019 Human Rights Lawyer of the Year, is a multi-award winning Solicitor, with a pioneering practice at the forefront of data rights and technology. In January 2020, Ravi co-founded the data rights agency, AWO.Ravi represents clients in high profile and agenda setting data rights cases. These include the leading case against Cambridge Analytica for political profiling, claims against Facebook for their privacy policies and data practices, challenges to financial profiling companies, claims concerning Google’s data processing practices and the leading regulatory complaint against the Advertising Technology industry. In addition to litigating, Ravi is known for his advisory and research work, such as being the legal advisor on the human rights’ impact assessment on the “smart city” development in Toronto and conducting research with the Oxford Technology & Elections Commission.In addition to his legal practice, Ravi is regularly sought to lecture and deliver speeches, including at Harvard University, Duke University and Oxford University, with Harvard publishing his speech. He has delivered keynote speeches in Westminster and Washington D.C.Ravi also sits on the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, is on the working group of the Ada Lovelace’s institute’s “rethinking data” programme amongst many other positions and appointments.
Data protection, human rights, administrative law, disinformation, law.
DemTech investigates the use of algorithms, automation, and computational propaganda in public life.
With Professor Philip Howard, Carly Kind, Ravi Naik, and Private: Anastasiya Grouverman
We host a conversation to explore the tech companies and industry response to COVID-19.
With Cory Doctorow and Ravi Naik
The Oxford Internet Institute presents a conversation with Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist, and science fiction author.
How is digital campaigning regulated in the UK? This report from an Oxford researcher sets out the current regulatory and legislative environment and suggests reforms to better protect society from the harms that online campaigning can cause.
28 April 2020
Legal expert takes up fellowship at Oxford Internet Institute
9 October 2019
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC) calls for changes to the current rules around digital political campaigning, to restore public trust in campaigns and elections more broadly.
25 April 2019
The OII has launched a new commission to find ways to safeguard democracy from the potentially disruptive influences of modern technology
