by Saskia Rowley | Jun 29, 2026 | Comment
Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) help or hinder the survival of minority languages into the next century? According to Ethnologue, a database of the world’s 7,168 living languages, almost half are endangered. Over 88 million people speak a language that may not...
by Saskia Rowley | May 18, 2026 | Comment, Digital Justice
I seem to spend a lot of my working days reading, writing, and speaking about the harms and risks of our increasing digitalization, especially artificial intelligence. Granted, this all gets channelled into plans and actions to address harms and strengthen benefits:...
by Saskia Rowley | May 4, 2026 | Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice
Is it any wonder people are in thrall to the power and vicarious thrill of digital technologies when many acclaimed films and TV series extol the apparent virtues of digital surveillance. At the same time, they fear that State surveillance has gone too far. A swift AI...
by Saskia Rowley | Apr 20, 2026 | Comment, Digital Justice
On 25 March 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms that harmed a young user through addictive features, awarding $6 million in damages. Just one day earlier, a New Mexico jury had ordered Meta to pay $375 million...
by Saskia Rowley | Mar 9, 2026 | Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice
Reuters recently reported that US diplomats worldwide have been ordered to track and counter data localization efforts, naming the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an example of “unnecessarily burdensome” regulation. According to Reuters,...
