The DCU Law & Tech Research Cluster is a centre of excellence investigating the interplay between law and digital technology in Ireland and beyond.
Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes.
This book explores the relationship constitutional law and social media. It explores how social media could be constitutionalised to protect the fundamental rights of people across the world. It is set to be published in 2022.
This book discusses new developments in privacy law and the efforts undertaken by states in asserting their sovereignty over data.
This paper explores how international legal frameworks might be used as theoretical toolboxes to understand the phenomenon of constitutionalising digital ecosystems.
This paper discusses the challenges for data-protection by Brexit both internationally and in the UK.
This paper discusses the issues posed to fundamental online rights by jurisdictional boundaries and tensions raised by legal systems imposing their standards of data protection across borders.
This paper discusses initiatives undertaken by the EU in protecting its citizens data, the challenges that are posed to fundamental rights and the various perspectives of digital sovereignty in the EU.
This article aims to analyse the constitutional message of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the age of artificial intelligence. GDPR can be said to take a para-constitutional role in legislating digital information and highlights how GDPR promotes a humanist approach to digital society.
This article discusses the use of geo-location in legal contexts and how it is utilised to restrict access to online content depending on geographic locations. The article discusses how geolocation can be used to safeguard privacy and digital rights online and issues with contemporary legislation.
This article discusses the European Commission’s draft proposals for the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. It goes into detail on the legal implications of the proposals and focuses on the legislative emphasis on governing platforms.
This article discusses the use of digital ledger technology and blockchains in property registers. It deals with the affordances and issues associated with digital ledger technology in property registration, copyright and intellectual property.
This article discusses the phenomenon of social media exclusion and its implication on fundamental human rights by examining recent case law from the U.S. and Germany.
This article discusses the challenges posed to extraterritorial application of the right to be forgotten and the dynamics between “imperial” and “sovereign” applications of data protection.
This paper explores how a duty of assistance could be grounded in current European data protection regulations, particularly GDPR, and how it should be implemented to ensure that data subjects are assisted in their choices.
These slides were presented by Dr. Ushangi Bakhtadze at the ‘Regulating Online Disinformation: Comparative Perspectives’ conference.
These slides were presented by Nina Shengelia at the ‘Regulating Online Disinformation: Comparative Perspectives’ conference.
These slides were presented by Dr. Sergi Jorbenadze at the ‘Regulating Online Disinformation: Comparative Perspectives’ conference.
These slides were presented by Dr. Eileen Culloty at the ‘Regulating Online Disinformation: Comparative Perspectives’ conference.
