Two FOI-related events you won’t want to miss

Tuesday August 19

Join us online - 1 - 2 pm UK time

AI and machine learning algorithms are increasingly driving decisions in government that have an impact on all of our lives.

In this online panel event, three experts show how our rights to information can help bring transparency to this opaque area. 

• Jake Hurfurt from Big Brother Watch uncovers the new developments in government algorithmic decision making.
• Gabriel Geiger shares Lighthouse Reports’ award-winning Suspicion Machines investigation, which revealed how machine learning algorithms were disproportionately targeting individuals based on ethnicity and gender.
• Morgan Currie presents her recent research, revealing how the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions uses secretive data analytics to detect welfare fraud.

Wednesday September 13

12 - 1:30 pm UK time - online and in person

Institute for Government,
2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA

The Freedom of Information Act was passed 25 years ago. Six expert panellists will assess the state of FOI – and its future.

Speakers include mySociety’s Chief Executive Louise Crow, who will discuss the changes that the rise of AI will bring to the FOI landscape.

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