The white paper on online harms is a global first. It has never been more needed
By: John Naughton April 14, 2019 On Monday last week, the government published its long-awaited white paper on online harms. It was launched at the British Library by the two cabinet ministers responsible for it – Jeremy Wright of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the home secretary, Sajid Javid. Wright […]
One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority
By: New York Times April 14, 2019 The Chinese government has drawn wide international condemnation for its harsh crackdown on ethnic Muslims in its western region, including holding as many as a million of them in detention camps. Now, documents and interviews show that the authorities are also using a vast, secret system of advanced […]