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This timely book addresses the increasingly widespread issue of
online political hatred in Europe. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach, it examines both the contributions of new technologies,
in particular social networks, to the rise of this phenomenon, and
the legal and political contexts in which it is taking place.
Through an analysis of online hate speech and its impacts, Giovanni
Ziccardi characterizes contemporary political hatred in Europe,
highlighting its victims, communication strategies, and the
creation of a cross-national network of extremists enabled by
technology. He compares legal and political responses to the
problem at both national and EU levels, as well as the approach
taken by the US, in order to examine the effectiveness of current
measures. Finally, he evaluates possible remedies for the
situation, including both legal and technological solutions, and
outlines the potential for a unified European framework to counter
the spread of hatred online. Online Political Hate Speech in Europe
will be an essential read for scholars and students in law and
politics looking for an in-depth analysis of this issue. It will
also be useful for politicians, policy makers, and practitioners
seeking to understand the mechanisms underlying the circulation of
political hatred.
This comprehensive book provides a detailed survey and practical
examination of a wide range of legal and regulatory topics in
HealthTech. Combining the insights of leading healthcare experts
from around the world, chapters first examine the key
characteristics, use cases and regulation in the field, before
turning to the development and potential applications of
cutting-edge technologies in healthcare. The book also addresses
the main issues involved in setting up and running a HealthTech
business, highlighting the vital role this will play in developing
the technologies and skill sets required for the future of the
sector. Key features include: analysis of the impact of emerging
innovations on the accessibility, efficiency and quality of
healthcare and its effects on healthcare providers examination of
artificial intelligence, blockchain and digital identity
applications in healthcare, alongside associated regulatory
challenges guidance on the financial requirements of healthcare
start-ups at different stages of growth and various collaboration
and partnership models in the HealthTech market discussion of the
major regulatory questions affecting the HealthTech industry, from
data protection, public procurement and product liability, to the
regulation of medical devices, intellectual property and
advertising. HealthTech: Law and Regulation will be an invaluable
resource for both in-house lawyers in the healthcare and
pharmaceutical sectors, as well as those working for law firms
practising in these areas. It will also be of interest to academics
and students teaching or researching in healthcare law.
CONNECTED OR DISCONNECTED? DISCERN THE MYTHS OF THE DIGITAL AGE.
The Hyperlinked Life is for anyone who would struggle to go a day
without internet access. Information overload. You live it
everyday. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram ... You're more informed and
connected than ever. Yet if you're honest, you're probably feeling
more distracted than ever. More lonely. More restless. It is
possible to live with wisdom in this hyperlinked life---and in
these pages, you'll learn how. They Hyperlinked Life is part of the
FRAMES series - short yet meaningful reads on the top issues facing
us in today's complex culture. A new kind of book brought to you by
Barna Group, to help you read less, and know more. To sign up for
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This insightful book provides a timely review of the potential
threats of advertising technologies, or adtech. It highlights the
need to protect internet users not only from privacy risks, but
also as consumers and citizens online dealing with a highly complex
technological setting. Jiahong Chen illustrates a concise overview
of the technical, economic and legal aspects of adtech together
with coverage of other important areas. These include: the ongoing
debates around online advertising and data protection, an
up-to-date analysis of the application of the GDPR, and insights
into both the practices and theories of the regulation of data
protection law. The book provides a clear picture of what is truly
at stake with online advertising practices, concluding with a
critical assessment of the current regime and a proposed approach
to reform data protection laws. This book will provide essential
reading for researchers and law students requiring an overview of
the legal framework and current practices, alongside legal
practitioners and policymakers evaluating the benefits and risks of
data-driven technologies.
This ground-breaking and timely book explores how big data,
artificial intelligence and algorithms are creating new types of
agency, and the impact that this is having on our lives and the
rule of law. Addressing the issues in a thoughtful,
cross-disciplinary manner, the authors examine the ways in which
data-driven agency is transforming democratic practices and the
meaning of individual choice. Leading scholars in law, philosophy,
computer science and politics analyse the latest innovations in
data science and machine learning, assessing the actual and
potential implications of these technologies. They investigate how
this affects our understanding of such concepts as agency,
epistemology, justice, transparency and democracy, and advocate a
precautionary approach that takes the effects of data-driven agency
seriously without taking it for granted. Scholars and students of
law, ethics and philosophy, in particular legal, political and
democratic theory, will find this book a compelling and invaluable
read, as will computer scientists interested in the implications of
their own work. It will also prove insightful for academics and
activists working on privacy, fairness and anti-discrimination.
Contributors include: J.E. Cohen, G. de Vries, S. Delacroix, P.
Dumouchel, C. Ess, M. Garnett, E.H. Gerding, R. Gomer, C. Graber,
M. Hildebrandt, C. Maple, K. O'Hara, P. Ohm, m.c. schraefel, D.
Stevens, N. van Dijk, M. Veale
The proliferation of virtual and augmented reality technologies
into society raise significant questions for judges, legal
institutions, and policy makers. For example, when should
activities that occur in virtual worlds, or virtual images that are
projected into real space (that is, augmented reality), count as
protected First Amendment 'speech'? When should they instead count
as a nuisance or trespass? Under what circumstances would the
copying of virtual images infringe intellectual property laws, or
the output of intelligent virtual avatars be patentable inventions
or works of authorship eligible for copyright? And when should a
person (or computer) face legal consequences for allegedly harmful
virtual acts? The Research Handbook on the Law of Virtual and
Augmented Reality addresses these questions and others, drawing
upon free speech doctrine, criminal law, the law of data protection
and privacy, and of jurisdiction, as well as upon potential legal
rights for increasingly intelligent virtual avatars in VR worlds.
The Handbook offers a comprehensive look at challenges to various
legal doctrines raised by the emergence - and increasing use of -
virtual and augmented reality worlds, and at how existing law in
the USA, Europe, and other jurisdictions might apply to these
emerging technologies, or evolve to address them. It also considers
what legal questions about virtual and augmented reality are likely
to be important, not just for judges and legal scholars, but also
for the established businesses and start-ups that wish to make use
of, and help shape, these important new technologies. This
comprehensive Research Handbook will be an invaluable reference to
those looking to keep pace with the dynamic field of virtual and
augmented reality, including students and researchers studying
intellectual property law as well as legal practitioners, computer
scientists, engineers, game designers, and business owners.
Contributors include: W. Barfield, P.S. Berman, M.J. Blitz, S.J.
Blodgett-Ford, J. Danaher, W. Erlank, J.A.T. Fairfield, J. Garon,
G. Hallevy, B. Lewis, H.Y.F. Lim, C. Nwaneri, S.R. Peppet, M.
Risch, A.L. Rossow, J. Russo, M. Supponen, A.M. Underhill, B.D.
Wassom, A. Williams, G. Yadin
Digital Platforms and Global Law focuses on digital platforms and
identifies their relevant legal profiles in terms of transnational
and international law. It qualifies digital platforms as private
legal orders, which exercise the legislative, executive, and
(para)jurisdictional power within them. Starting from this
assumption, the author studies the relationship between these
orders and state, transnational, and international orders. The book
first explores the reasons for the inadequacy of the current
regulatory matrix and goes on to detail the need for a new
paradigm; a shift from the current matrix of market regulation to
one of negotiation. The author then examines the lack of
effectiveness of current tools and explores how better versions,
tools of uniform law, are emerging. This unique exploration will
appeal to governments, regulatory authorities, digital platforms,
businesses, and students and will find further audience with policy
makers and practitioners.
This incisive book provides a much-needed examination of the legal
issues arising from the data economy, particularly in the light of
the expanding role of algorithms and artificial intelligence in
business and industry. In doing so, it discusses the pressing
question of how to strike a balance in the law between the
interests of a variety of stakeholders, such as AI industry,
businesses and consumers. Investigating issues at the intersection
of trade secrets and personal data as well as the potential legal
conflicts to which this can give rise, Gintare Surblyte-Namaviciene
examines what kinds of changes to the legal framework the growing
data economy may require. Through an analysis of the way in which
EU competition law may tackle algorithm-related problems the book
also identifies a regulatory gap in the case of algorithmic
manipulation in the business-to-consumer relationship. The book
further argues that control by public bodies over terms and
conditions often used in the data economy may be necessary for the
sake of consumer protection. Scholars in competition law and
regulatory governance, particularly those with an interest in the
impacts of technology, will find this to be critical reading. It
will also be beneficial to practitioners and policy makers working
at the intersections of regulation and technology.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law,
expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be
accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. Woodrow Barfield and Ugo Pagallo present a succinct
introduction to the legal issues related to the design and use of
artificial intelligence (AI). Exploring human rights,
constitutional law, data protection, criminal law, tort law, and
intellectual property law, they consider the laws of a number of
jurisdictions including the US, the European Union, Japan, and
China, making reference to case law and statutes. Key features
include: a critical insight into human rights and constitutional
law issues which may be affected by the use of AI discussion of the
concept of legal personhood and how the law might respond as AI
evolves in intelligence an introduction to current laws and
statutes which apply to AI and an identification of the areas where
future challenges to the law may arise. This Advanced Introduction
is ideal for law and social science students with an interest in
how the law applies to AI. It also provides a useful entry point
for legal practitioners seeking an understanding of this emerging
field.
Translated around the world, and recommended reading on many
coaching programmes this bestselling book is trusted globally as
the definitive guide to coaching. This carefully revised edition
will guide you through the entire process from first meeting to
when coaching ends, with methods, tips and techniques that simply
work. Understand and develop the core skills and beliefs of an
effective coach Know how to ask insightful questions that deliver
valuable answers Gain practical help to plan coaching assignments
that accelerate and improve your results Adeptly handle the main
barriers to great coaching Feel fully confident in your ability to
coach in any situation Whether you're new to coaching or already an
experienced coach, you'll find clear guidance and principles to
help you coach more effectively and with greater impact. To support
you further The Coaching Manual has a range of free to download
resources - templates, tools and checklists.
'The most important book of 2022.' Dr. Robert Malone Desmet's work
on mass formation theory was brought to the world's attention on
The Joe Rogan Experience and in major alternative news outlets
around the globe. Read this book to get beyond the sound bites! In
The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of
Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal
conditions that allow collective hypnosis to take hold. By
analysing the global pandemic, he identifies the phenomenon of
'mass formation' and illustrates how humanity is being forcibly,
unconsciously led into a reality of technocratic totalitarianism,
which aggressively excludes alternative views and relies on
destructive groupthink, vilifying non-conformist thought as
'dissident.' Building on Hannah Arendt's essential work on
totalitarianism, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Desmet offers a
sharp critique of the cultural 'groupthink' that existed
pre-pandemic but has steadily and inexorably advanced during the
Covid crisis. He cautions against the dangers of our current
societal landscape, media consumption, and reliance on manipulative
technologies, offering simple solutions - both individual and
collective - to prevent the willing sacrifice of our ability to
think critically. The Psychology of Totalitarianism serves as an
indispensable and fundamental guide to understanding this key
moment in history. 'Mattias Desmet's [theory of mass formation
hypnosis] is great. . . . Once I kind of started to look for it, I
saw it everywhere.' Eric Clapton
This timely book provides an extensive overview and analysis of the
law and regulation as it applies to the technology and uses of
Artificial Intelligence (AI). It examines the human and ethical
concerns associated with the technology, the history of AI and AI
in commercial contexts. Written by outstanding lawyers,
technologists and other professionals, this book will help readers
acquire an understanding of the taxonomy of AI, the legal rules
that apply to AI and the way AI has been utilised in various
commercial contexts. Key features include: explanation of the
technology and practical legal issues relating to the use of AI
exploration of AI in the traditional legal categories; including
contract and tort law chapters written by procurement, legaltech,
algorithm auditing and other professionals use cases from the main
industries utilising the technology, such as financial services,
real estate and insurance. Artificial Intelligence will help to
further readers' engagement with AI and enable them to ask
themselves the right questions while doing so. It will prove a
crucial reference point for all lawyers, policy makers and
academics with an interest in the interaction between law and AI,
and to any lawyer with clients that use or consider using AI in
their business.
* The ELS model of enterprise security is endorsed by the Secretary
of the Air Force for Air Force computing systems and is a candidate
for DoD systems under the Joint Information Environment Program. *
The book is intended for enterprise IT architecture developers,
application developers, and IT security professionals. * This is a
unique approach to end-to-end security and fills a niche in the
market.
This insightful book presents a radical rethinking of the
relationship between law, regulation, and technology. While in
traditional legal thinking technology is neither of particular
interest nor concern, this book treats modern technologies as
doubly significant, both as major targets for regulation and as
potential tools to be used for legal and regulatory purposes. It
explores whether our institutions for engaging with new
technologies are fit for purpose. Having depicted a legal landscape
that includes legal rules and principles, regulatory frameworks,
technical measures and technological governance, this
thought-provoking book presents further exercises in rethinking.
These exercises confront communities with a fundamental question
about how they are to be governed-by humans using rules or by
technical measures and technological management? Chapters rethink
the traditional arguments relating to legality, the rule of law,
legitimacy, regulatory practice, dispute resolution, crime and
control, and authority and respect for law. Examining the role of
lawyers and law schools in an age of governance by smart
technologies, Rethinking Law, Regulation, and Technology will be a
key resource for students and scholars of law and technology,
digital innovation and regulation and the law.
An illuminating insight into the Metaverse - what it is, how it works,
and and why it will soon be playing a major role in business,
technology and society.
In Into the Metaverse, Cathy Hackl, a globally recognized futurist and
one of the world's first Chief Metaverse Officers, shares her insights
on what companies need to do to harness the next iteration of the
internet - the metaverse. In this book you'll find a wealth of
information on issues such as:
- What is the metaverse and what it means for your brand, organization
or company
- How to make money in the metaverse through understanding the
underlying concepts behind it such as gaming, synthetic media, spatial
computing and artificial intelligence.
- How to lead in the metaverse through industries that are already
forging ahead, such as fashion and marketing.
- Who should manage the metaverse function within your organization and
why some companies should consider creating a role for a Chief
Metaverse Officer.
- Finally, how to protect the metaverse and action steps you can take
towards the future.
Essential reading for any executive, Into the Metaverse, will reshape
how you think about the internet and its place for those who want to
lead successful businesses, today and into the future. If the internet
was first used to connect us to information, and then developed into a
social media forum to connect people, then Web3, which connects people,
places and things, will help enable the successor state to today's
mobile internet - the Metaverse. It will bring together and merge our
physical and digital lives, and - in the same way that social media
upended our lives and our businesses - the Metaverse will shake things
up even more. Into the Metaverse is the essential business guide to
understanding the ground-breaking technologies that enable this
monumental shift and the opportunities it presents from a business and
societal perspective.
Starting with the announcement trailer in 2014, Overwatch's
award-winning cinematics captured the hearts of millions across the
world, introducing them to a hopeful science fiction world where
heroes are needed. Crafting these animated shorts required the
Blizzard cinematics team to explore new ways of animated filmmaking
with a bold new art style, more frequent releases, and intimate
collaboration with the game team. The Cinematic Art of Overwatch
chronicles this journey, featuring never-before-seen art and
anecdotes that illustrate how Overwatch's richly imagined
characters and world were brought to life through cinematic
storytelling.
This book sets out a possible trajectory for the co-development of
legal responsibility on the one hand and artificial intelligence
and the machines and systems driven by it on the other. As
autonomous technologies become more sophisticated it will be harder
to attribute harms caused by them to the humans who design or work
with them. This will put pressure on legal responsibility and
autonomous technologies to co-evolve. Mark Chinen illustrates how
these factors strengthen incentives to develop even more advanced
systems, which in turn inspire nascent calls to grant legal and
moral status to autonomous machines. This book is a valuable
resource for scholars and practitioners of legal doctrine, ethics
and autonomous technologies, as well as legislators and policy
makers, and engineers and designers who are interested in the
broader implications of their work.
Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this study
examines emerging and innovative attempts to tackle privacy and
legal issues in cloud computing such as personal data privacy,
security and intellectual property protection. An international
team of legal scholars, computer science researchers, regulators
and practitioners present original and critical responses to the
growing challenges posed by cloud computing. They analyze the
specific legal implications pertaining to jurisdiction, biomedical
practice and information ownership, as well as issues of regulatory
control, competition and cross-border regulation. Law academics,
practitioners and regulators will find this book to be a valuable,
practical and accessible resource, as will computer science
scholars interested in cloud computing issues. Contributors: H.
Chang, A.S.Y. Cheung, A. Chiu, K.P. Chow, E.S. Dove, X. Fan, Y.
Joly, T.S.-H. Kaan, B.M. Knoppers, J. Kong, G. Master, J.-P. Moiny,
C. Reed, D.N. Staiger, G.Y. Tian, R.H. Weber, P.K. Yu
Intellectual property goods are frequently referred to as
intangible or abstract. Yet, traditionally, they have almost always
needed to be embodied or materialized in order to be protected (and
- to a certain extent - to be used and enjoyed), regardless of
whether they are copyrighted works, patented inventions or
trademarks. With a focus on the issue of access and the challenges
of new technologies such as biotechnology and digital technologies,
this unique collection analyzes the relationship between
intellectual property and its physical embodiments. It contains a
mixture of theoretical and practical perspectives and encompasses
an interdisciplinary approach, including chapters on the connection
between intellectual property and cultural heritage law, cultural
property law and international trade law. The book furthermore
comprises historical reflections that illuminate how intellectual
property has never been purely about the intangible. Intellectual
Property and Access to Im/material Goods will be of interest to
scholars, practitioners and law and policymakers. Users of
intellectual property goods such as museums, libraries, archives
and/or other cultural institutions, as well as users of
biomaterials, copyrighted works, patented inventions and/or
trademarked goods will find value in this book. Contributors
include: C.E. Bell, M. Blakeney, D.L. Burk, S. Corbett, S. Frankel,
M.J. Madison, A. McMahon, A. Pottage, L.K. Skorodenski, G.
Spedicato, P.K. Yu
Are you familiar with FOMO? Do you often fall prey to the mindless
scroll? Is the pressure of likes, follows and notifications getting
you down? Although social media is a big part of modern life, using
it can often leave us feeling drained, unfocused and unhappy - but
it doesn't have to be that way! This book has everything you need
to put you back in the driving seat. With 100 practical tips, from
switching off to curating positive feeds, you'll find it easy to
take the first steps towards a happier online life.
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