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This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology at Universität Hamburg. Our team researches the ethical, legal, social and political implications of contemporary information technologies and big data practices.

Here you can learn more about our research group and interdisciplinary team, the research, and teaching we do within and beyond the department of informatics and find latest news about activities from members of the research group.

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EIT Public Lecture Series: TAMING THE MACHINES

Due to illness we had to cancel Katja Mayer's lecture on Jan 12, 2022 on short notice. Please also note, that due to the corona pandemic, we postponed Geoffrey Bowker's lecture on Jan 19, 2022 to summer term 2022. New date to be announced!

Registration for joining "Taming the Machines" Public Lecture Series in Winter Term 21/22 is no longer possible. We are back with a new program in summer term 2022 and hope to welcome you then. Among others, we are looking forward to the lectures by Sabina Leonelli on April 6, 2022, Shannon Vallor on June 8, 2022 and Geoffrey Bowker.

Now available on Lecture2Go: talks from this winter term by Frank Pasquale and John Tasioulas. Also, please browse our past programs and stream previous talks.

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CEPE/IACAP 2021: The Philosophy and Ethics of AI

Couldn't join us at CEPE/IACAP 2021 for a fabulous program and keynotes by Rafael Capurro, Helen Nissenbaum, Carissa Véliz, Sabina Leonelli and Linnet Taylor? The keynotes were recorded and are now available here.

News

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12 January 2022|Event

Cancelled: Webinar "Training the Machines? Lessons on the Powers of Open Data and Human Machine Interfaces"

Due to illness we had to cancel Katja Mayer's lecture on Jan 12, 2022 on short notice. Please also note, that due to the corona pandemic, we postponed Geoffrey Bowker's lecture on Jan 19, 2022 to summer term 2022. New date to be announced! Registration for joining "Taming the Machines" Public Lecture Series in winter...

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5 January 2022|Event

Webinar: Nobody Understands: Why we Need Intersectional Approaches to Protect Black Women Online

We warmly welcome Mutale Nkonde (Founder and CEO of AI for the People) as our next guest speaker on January 5, 2022. Her talk helps the audience understand how racial bias enters technical systems through the use of proxies during the design process, then looks at online speech within Black communities. In addition, the...

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16 December 2021|Event

Podiumsdiskussion: Tabula Rasa: Künstliche Intelligenz zwischen Mythos und Wirklichkeit

Smart Home, Pflegeroboter, autonomes Fahren: Der Einsatz datenbasierter Technologien ist längst Teil des Alltags und doch wissen viele von uns erstaunlich wenig darüber, was Künstliche Intelligenz überhaupt ist, was sie heute schon leistet und welches Potenzial in ihr steckt: Wo stehen wir gegenwärtig? Zum Abschluss der...

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30 November 2021|Event

Keynote BMBF Forschungstour: Ich, Zukunft und Digitale Souveränität

Digitale Dienste und intelligente Produkte verarbeiten Daten, zu denen auch persönliche Informationen gehören. Erst wenn Nutzende verstehen, welche Daten von ihnen gesammelt werden und zu welchem Zweck die Daten ausgewertet bzw. weitergegeben werden, sind sie digital souverän. Auf der BMBF Forschungstour „Miteinander durch...

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25 November 2021|Event

Herrenhäuser Forum: Überwachen - Übernehmen - Überlassen? Künstliche Intelligenz in der Pandemiebekämpfung

Über die Potentiale von KI-Technologien bei der Pandemiebekämpfung, den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand sowie moralische und technische Grenzen sprechen Expert:innen im Herrenhäuser Forum am 25. November im Livestream. Prof. Dr. Judith Simon gehört zu den Podiumsgästen.

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25 November 2021|Event

Panel “Convergence and divergence in global data protection law”

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schneider has contributed to the panel “Convergence and divergence in global data protection law” at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) with King's College London School of Law, on 25 November 2021.

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Bits and Pieces*

25 October 2021|International

SZ: Das steht in den "Facebook Files"

"Die Erkenntnisse aus den Dokumenten der Whistleblowerin Frances Haugen zeigen, wie sich ein Weltkonzern selbst überfordert."

5 October 2021|International

MIT Technology Review: The Facebook whistleblower says its algorithms are dangerous. Here’s why.

"Frances Haugen’s testimony at the Senate hearing today raised serious questions about how Facebook’s algorithms work—and echoes many findings from our previous investigation."

3 October 2021|International

AP News: China tightens political control of internet giants

"The ruling Communist Party is tightening political control over China’s internet giants and tapping their wealth to pay for its ambitions to reduce reliance on U.S. and European technology."

3 October 2021|International

Venture Beat: What we can learn from China’s proposed AI regulations

"In late August, China’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released draft guidelines that seek to regulate the use of algorithmic recommender systems by internet information services. The guidelines are thus...

30 July 2021|International

Tackling deepfakes in European policy

"The emergence of a new generation of digitally manipulated media – also known as deepfakes – has generated substantial concerns about possible misuse. In response to these concerns, this report assesses the technical, societal and...

30 July 2021|International

How Google quietly funds Europe’s leading tech policy institutes

"The search giant has provided tens of millions of pounds of funding to academics investigating issues closely related to its business model."

Archive of current news

* Bits and Pieces

Under "Bits and Pieces" we share reads, podcasts or videos which we find interesting. Please note that the viewpoints expressed in the shared content do not represent the position of the Ethics in Information Technology working group, any of its members, nor of the University of Hamburg.