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Lane, L. (2023). Preventing long-term risks to human rights in smart cities: A critical review of responsibilities for private AI developers. Internet Policy Review, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.14763/2023.1.1697

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Lane, Lottie. 2023. "Preventing long-term risks to human rights in smart cities: A critical review of responsibilities for private AI developers". Internet Policy Review 12 (1). DOI: 10.14763/2023.1.1697. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/preventing-long-term-risks-human-rights-smart-cities-critical-review.

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Lane, Lottie. "Preventing long-term risks to human rights in smart cities: A critical review of responsibilities for private AI developers". Internet Policy Review 12.1 (2023). Web. 14 Aug. 2026.

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Lane L. Preventing long-term risks to human rights in smart cities: A critical review of responsibilities for private AI developers. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2023 [14 August 2026];12(1). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/preventing-long-term-risks-human-rights-smart-cities-critical-review

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We focus on using patent data, with machine learning methods, in the context of China, for the purpose of tracking the pace of development of potentially human rights sensitive smart city technologies.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Human rights, China, Machine learning, Patents

This empirical study of governance and ethics regarding the adoption of smart intersection in four US college towns, structured by the Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC) framework, calls for deliberative, slow-governance of public data to respect human rights and align with community norms.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Data governance, Knowledge commons, Human-centred design, Transparency

This special issue brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to identify the human rights implications of algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies and the means to govern them. In the editorial, we propose a framework for the analysis and design of human-rights-based smart cities.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Governance, Biometric, Algorithmic governance, Human rights

Smart cities need citizen participation, robust data protection, non-discrimination and AI governance to effectively address the challenges of ever-changing technologies, function creep and political apathy.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Data protection, Non-discrimination, Participation, AI governance

European smart city technology development suffers from one-sided inputs and high compliance costs. Due to this developers may look into markets with lower standards for human rights compliance.

KEYWORDS: Smart cities, Human rights, Data protection by design, GDPR, Technology export

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