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** Two FOI-related events you won’t want to miss
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Big apologies: the original version of this email gave the wrong date for the second event, “The Freedom of Information Act at 25”. This has now been corrected below.
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** Tuesday August 19
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** Join us online - 1 - 2 pm UK time
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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 ([link removed]) , three experts show how our rights to information can help bring transparency to this opaque area.
* Jake Hurfurt from Big Brother Watch ([link removed]) uncovers the new developments in government algorithmic decision making ([link removed]) .
* Gabriel Geiger shares Lighthouse Reports ([link removed]) ’ award-winning Suspicion Machines investigation ([link removed]) , which revealed how machine learning algorithms were disproportionately targeting individuals based on ethnicity and gender.
* Morgan Currie ([link removed]) presents her recent research ([link removed]) , revealing how the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions uses secretive data analytics to detect welfare fraud.

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** Wednesday September 3
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** 12 - 1:30 pm UK time - online and in person
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** Institute for Government,
2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA
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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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