On Friday 17 May 2024, City, University of London (in collaboration with University of Leeds) will host an online-only mini-conference entitled ‘Deepfakes and the Law: Global Perspectives’. It will run from 14:00–17:00 GMT. This online event will draw together a range of academics from across the world to discuss the regulatory challenges and opportunities posed by deepfake technology. It will feature two panels, the first entitled ‘Deepfakes, International Human Rights & Warfare’, and the second concerning ‘Deepfake Impacts and Solutions’.
Please note that this online-only ‘warm-up’ event is designed to complement the main ‘Deepfakes & the Law’ hybrid conference to be held at City University, London on Monday 20th May 2023. Information and registration for the separate main event is accessible via: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2024/may/deepfakes-and-the-law
This online mini-conference is organised and managed by Dr Thomas Bennett (City) and Rebecca Moosavian (University of Leeds).
Confirmed speakers and papers include:
Speakers
| Paper title | |
Keynote | Prof Michael Goodyear, New York University | ‘Publicity Rights on Platforms’ |
Dominika Blaszowska, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta | ‘Deepfakes in RU-UA cyberwar in the light of internation law’ | |
Murtaza Mohiqi, Dept of Culture, Religion and Social Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway | ‘Navigating the Deep: Evaluating International Human Rights Standards in the Face of Deepfake Challenges’ | |
Can Yavuz, University of Ghent, Belgium | ‘Deepfake For Human Rights: Disregarded Prosocial Uses of Deepfake and Their Nexus to Human Rights’ | |
Luke Norris, Northumbria University | ‘A Social-Legal Approach to the Application of International Humanitarian Law to Deepfakes’ | |
Felipe Romero Romeno, University of Hertfordshire | ‘Balancing Accuracy and Human Rights in Generative AI Deepfake Detection’ | |
Catherine Jasserand, University of Gronigen, Netherlands | ‘Deepfake regulation: ex-post versus ex-ante approach and its feasibility’ | |
Dr Adrian Aronsson-Storrier, Lewis Silkin LLP and School of Law, University College, Cork | ‘Regulating appearance in augmented reality’ | |
Prof Sandro Schmitz dos Santos, FGV Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ‘Deep fakes, Artificial Intelligence and new challenges of law’ |
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