Frederik Borgesius

Law Prof at iHub, interdisciplinary research hub on digitalization and society & Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud university, NL
Mastodon handle: @Frederik_Borgesius
University web page:
https://www.ru.nl/en/people/zuiderveen-borgesius-f

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2024-08-08 11:54:06

‘AI, insurance, discrimination and unfair differentiation. An overview and research agenda’
A new pre-print, better than the first version. Well, we think so :)
By Marvin van Bekkum Tom Heskes and me.
We’d love to hear your comments!
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11892
#law #economics #tech #ai #insurance #discrimination

2024-04-28 17:12:16

Paper rejected. This is never fun. In this case the journal dislikes the paper so much that they don’t even send it to peer reviewers (!), a ‘desk reject’.

2024-02-29 07:07:46

EU. ‘Nature restoration: Parliament adopts law to restore 20% of EU’s land and sea
EU countries must restore at least 30% of habitats in poor condition by 2030, 60% by 2040, and 90% by 2050.’
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240223IPR18078/nature-restoration-parliament-adopts-law-to-restore-20-of-eu-s-land-and-sea #eu #law #politics #environment #climate

2024-02-28 08:24:06

Not cool February.
I have a deadline of the first day of March. If February had a normal length, I'd have way more time.

2024-02-21 07:27:10

Europol. ‘Law enforcement disrupt world’s biggest ransomware operation
LockBit was the most deployed ransomware variant across the world.
In a significant breakthrough in the fight against cybercrime, law enforcement from 10 countries have disrupted the criminal operation of the LockBit ransomware group at every level, severely damaging their capability and credibility.’ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-disrupt-worlds-biggest-ransomware-operation #security #cybersecurity #tech

2024-02-16 16:35:33

'Wondering what affects the CO2 of your internet behaviour and what you can do about it?'
'Calculate your CO2 output with our calculators and select your ‘resolutions’ to surf on the green side.' https://www.e-missions.nl/en/topics/ #tech #environment

2024-02-08 12:14:16

‘Forming a new government in the Netherlands when the election was won by a far-right firebrand wanting to ban the Qur’an, reject all new asylum claims, exit the EU and rip up reams of environmental regulations was never going to be easy. It became a lot harder on Tuesday, however, after a key potential member walked away from coalition talks’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/task-of-forming-majority-government-in-netherlands-just-got-a-lot-harder #netherlands #politics

2024-02-05 10:24:03

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About lie decors being snake oil.
'It is not possible to confidently infer happiness from a smile, anger from a scowl, or sadness from a frown, as much of current technology tries to do when applying what are mistakenly believed to be the scientific facts.’ From a review paper by Barrett et al.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31313636/ @npub1gxt…u958

2024-02-04 10:58:37

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AI Act. ‘Polygraphs’ (lie detectors) are not banned, but are merely categorized as ‘high risk’. Annex III art. 6 and 7 (law enforcement and immigration).
A ban would have made sense to me. It’s not really my expertise, but I’ve seen meta review papers that conclude that such tech is snake oil.

2024-02-04 10:36:26

Reading the AI Act. Complicated stuff. #aiact #law #ai #tech #eu #politics
https://cdn.masto.host/akademienlsocial/media_attachments/files/111/872/764/694/737/581/original/b567135355dfa75d.jpeg

2024-01-28 08:12:33

‘The share of India’s population living in multidimensional poverty has fallen to 11.28% in 2022-23 from 29.17% in 2013-14… Researchers estimate that a total of 248 million people have escaped multidimensional poverty in the last nine years.’ https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-malaria-vaccine-reforestation-china-poverty-india #economy #inequality #india #poverty

2024-01-16 22:28:13

Erhhh, SoundCloud, 776 partners?
No, thank you.
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2023-10-31 12:50:08

After a week in bed, this covid infection is getting quite boring.

2023-09-26 18:28:38

‘EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/eu-warns-elon-musk-that-twitter-x-must-comply-with-fake-news-laws See also EU ‘Code of Practice on Disinformation: new reports available’ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/code-practice-disinformation-new-reports-available-transparency-centre
#eu #law #tech #twitter #bigtech #disinformation #dsa #freedomofexpression

2023-09-22 07:17:09

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@npub1vze…atds Ha ha ha

2023-09-21 14:40:09

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Prof Lokke Moerel called for a ban on behavioural advertising. https://www.mofo.com/people/lokke-moerel
The discussion really has changed the past decade. A decade ago, one didn't hear this view so often.
At the https://infolegproject.net/beyond-data-protection-conference-2023/
#tech #ai #advertising #adtech #privacy #surveillance #dataprotection #gdpr

2023-09-21 07:00:22

Today. ‘Beyond Data Protection Conference: Regulating Information and Protection against Risks of the Digital Society’. Fun! Organised by Nadya Purtova
https://infolegproject.net/beyond-data-protection-conference-2023/
#law #gdpr #dataprotection #privacy #tech #ai

2023-09-20 17:36:04

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2023-09-20 17:19:30

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@npub1ulm…hweg And does somebody only claim such a design patent, or does the patent office check and approve it in some way?
I should read up on US IP law… 😳

2023-09-20 17:11:34

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@npub1ulm…hweg You can get a design patent for that? Is this in the US?

2023-09-14 19:55:36

I’m a news junkie, and that can be a depressing hobby/addiction.
If you sometimes struggle with such an addiction, like me: I recommend this weekly newsletter / website update with good news. Not feel good trivia, but actual important good news. https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-abortion-mexico-vaccine-indonesia-conservation-alaska/