September 22, 2023
The REPHRAIN team hosted an online launch event on Thursday 29 October, welcoming an audience from government, industry and academia.
September 5, 2023
As part of REPHRAIN’s commitment to inform responsible policy and legislation, Professor Awais Rashid, the Director of REPHRAIN, spoke to BBC’s Newsnight on Tuesday’s programme to discuss the privacy harms of the provision to scan end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messages in the Online Safety Bill.
August 21, 2023
The Commons CMS Committee has published a report on Connected Tech, which heavily cites the expert input of REPHRAIN researchers, covering the harms and benefits of connected tech, with particular attention to the debate around physical labelling of devices.
July 24, 2023
Dr Asma Vranaki specialises in all aspects of Information Law and Regulation. She is particularly interested in data privacy, IP, defamation, freedom of expression and contract. Her […]
July 24, 2023
Dr José Such is a Professor in Security and Privacy in the Department of Informatics, and Director of the KCL Cybersecurity Centre at King’s College London. […]
July 24, 2023
Danaë Stanton Fraser is a Professor in Human Computer Interaction and leads the CREATE Lab at Bath. Her research has explored privacy, trust and identity and is underpinned by […]
July 24, 2023
Richard Owen is interested in the power of science, technologies and innovation to create futures in profound and uncertain ways, how we can engage as a society […]
July 24, 2023
Dr Bettina Nissen is a Lecturer in Interaction Design and a design researcher in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. She has a background in product and […]
July 24, 2023
Professor Steven J. Murdoch is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Information Security Research Group of University College London, working on developing metrics for security and privacy. […]
July 24, 2023
Adam Joinson is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Bath. He has worked closely with a range of large organisations on security, technology and behaviour, […]
July 24, 2023
Dr Tariq Elahi is a Lecturer of Security and the Internet of Things at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. He is also the School of […]
July 24, 2023
Emiliani De Cristofaro is a Professor at University of California, Riverside and is affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the RAISE Institute. […]
July 24, 2023
Dr Mark Coté is a Senior Lecturer in Data Culture and Society in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London and Director of the MA in […]
July 12, 2023
Exploring online extremism and its effects offline by looking at recruitment tools, a survey of intervention tools to combat radicalization, and the impact on free speech […]
July 12, 2023
This project will provide transparency tools for AI-based systems to explain how they manage users’ data and co-create interfaces that allow users to influence it. The […]
July 12, 2023
Exploring users experiences and concepts of privacy and online harms with respect to VR avatars. The ways in which social behaviour and self-presentation is experienced online […]
July 12, 2023
Understanding the role of contexts in managing privacy online through AI-agents. In online social systems, users are allowed to create and share content about themselves and […]
July 12, 2023
A decade of unprecedented growth in the field of personal data collection and analysis, as well as the increased ‘datification’ of ordinary life, has lead to […]
July 12, 2023
A multimodal machine learning based study of medical misinformation on social networks. Medical misinformation, popular science and alternative medicine thrives online in social networks where communities […]
July 11, 2023
A dedicated speculative space for citizens and publics to liaise with researchers, technologists and policy makers, to explore new technologies and data services, informing policy/practice guidelines […]
July 11, 2023
This project will investigate the use of formal methods in providing high-assurance, high-performance privacy-preserving data analytics solutions, and in ensuring their secure use. In particular, we […]
July 11, 2023
This project will analyse the current (and future potential) abuse of commercially available PETs for criminal purposes, using specific online harms as primary case examples, and […]
July 5, 2023
REPHRAIN have issued a press statement, amplifying an open letter from the broader community, calling on the UK Parliament to consider independent scientific evaluation before voting through the Online Safety Bill, specifically regarding concerns around privacy and End-to-End Encryption (E2EE).
June 30, 2023
Madeline Carr is Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity at University College London. She is the Director of the UK-wide Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) […]
June 6, 2023
Dr Claudia Peersman is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Her research spans text mining and cybersecurity and focuses on developing new tools and […]
June 6, 2023
Dr Katharina Burger is an Associate Professor at the University College London. She is also the City Futures Lead at the Cabot Institute. Kat holds a […]
June 5, 2023
This project aims to investigate consumer perspectives on the use and sharing of PETs-related data by various types of ‘legitimate’ organisations. In particular, it will explore […]
June 5, 2023
Rohit is vastly experienced in conceptualising, managing and developing data analytics solutions across multiple domains. Rohit has previously led a team in developing AI-based solutions on RDF […]
June 1, 2023
Dr Baraa Zieni is a researcher in Computer Science, joined the School of Management to work on the ACCEPT project as part of REPHRAIN — National […]
May 30, 2023
Prof Awais Rashid has 20 years of expertise leading large, multi-partner, interdisciplinary projects. He leads Bristol Cyber Security Group (with members from computer science, sociology, psychology, criminology) and is […]