Mikko Hyppönen
Mikko Hyppönen is a global security expert. He works as the Chief Research Officer for WithSecure and Principal Research Advisor for F-Secure. His latest book is "If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable".
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2021·01·27
WEDF at Africa Tech Festival
The World Ethical Data Forum Joins Africa Tech Festival to Discuss Combating Internet Misinformation and the Africa Tech Ecosystem
In November 2020, John David Marshall (CEO of the World Ethical Data Forum) joined the Africa Tech Festival to discuss strategies for combating Internet misinformation and the African technological tech ecosystem alongside Tomiwa Aladeko (CEO of Big Cabal Media), Emmanuel Lubanzadio (Head of Public Policy Sub-Saharan Africa at Twitter), and Daniel Kimmage (Principal Deputy Coordinator at the Global Engagement Center at the U.S. Department of State).
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2021·01·23
WEDF and Luminati Networks to initiate a first-of-its-kind Data Collection Ethical Committee
Luminati Networks initiates a first-of-its-kind Data Collection Ethical Committee with The World Ethical Data Forum
Press Release published by Luminati Networks on January 14, 2021
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2020·12·31
Recapping Our Year
2020 will be remembered in history not only for the tumultuous series of events and challenges it posed but also as a significant period of change in all of our lives. Across the world, due in no small part to COVID-19, we have witnessed the broad and rapid digitalization of most spheres of life, from the professional to the personal.
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2020·12·11
The Problem of Data
On September 4th 2020, WEDF's John Marshall gave an introductory talk at London Tech Week's Ethical Data Festival entitled "The Problem of Data". A non-technical survey, this is a direct transcription of a talk that explored the scope and nature of some of the issues around data. Implicating the entire knowledge economy, and embracing ‘fake news,’ media narratives, and the impact of social media quite as naturally as considerations of bias in data analytics or AI, the issues are non-obvious and may in fact be the most important of our age.
Broadcast on September 4th 2020
This is a provisional transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.
"The Problem of Data"
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and conspiracy; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER.