Attaining transparency and accountability through the right of access is a struggle; Is there a way forward through using the power of the collective?
Research articles on INFORMATION & DATA
This special issue brings together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2017 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Tartu, Estonia.
Since being first developed through the case law of the European Court of Justice, the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) has rapidly diffused beyond its European origins: in Latin America for instance. This paper documents the wide spectrum of interpretations the RTBF has had across countries and data protection authorities.
KEYWORDS:
Right to be forgotten
This paper analyses the selection, dissemination, and framing of media messages in day-to-day politics topic communities on Twitter
Given the weakness of consent-dependent agreements in relation to profiling and prediction markets, consumer protection needs improvement.
Big crisis data presuppose the ongoing calculation and valuation of (transient) events, producing both singular and networked events and actors.
Political micro-targeting has become a popular topic after the surprise results of the 2016 US presidential election, the UK vote on leaving the European Union, and a number of general elections in Europe in 2017. Yet, we still know little about whether PMT is a tool with destructive potential or if it’s “just” a new phenomenon to be incorporated into our political processes.
This article reveals restrictions on micro-targeting and data-driven canvassing in parliamentary democracies with strict data protection laws.
Abbreviated version of a speech delivered by the Member of the European Partiament Sophie in ‘t Veld in Amsterdam in May 2017 to Data & Democracy, a conference on political micro-targeting.
This study examines the conditions under which political behavioural targeting occurs in multi-party democracies, and explains differences between parties.