The US has lots to lose and little to gain by banning TikTok and WeChat
Banning the Chinese-owned social media platforms raises free speech concerns and could worsen the US-China trade war.
Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
• conversation
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~10 min
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: social-media cybersecurity china disinformation gdpr data-privacy technology privacy censorship free-speech authoritarian-regimes tiktok us-china-relations wechat first-amendment dissent dissidents
Coronavirus: researchers no longer need consent to access your medical records
The UK government has quietly relaxed a confidentiality law that protects patient health data. Here's why that matters.
Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth
• conversation
May 31, 2020 • ~7 min
May 31, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus gdpr data-privacy research-ethics health-data confidentiality
Google wants to move UK users' data to the US – what does that mean for your rights?
Reports that UK citizens are to lose the data protection from GDPR are overblown.
Henry Pearce, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
• conversation
March 4, 2020 • ~5 min
March 4, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: brexit google data-protection ico gdpr
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