AI ethics and bioethics
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Digital cities and “deserving” citizens: from points-based citizenship to the AI Act’s ban on social scoring
In recent years several Italian municipalities trialled “points-based citizenship” schemes that closely echoed the much-criticised Chinese social-control model: virtuous-citizen wallets, digital licences, scorecards. Today that debate has a new legal frame: since 2 February 2025, social scoring is an AI practice prohibited by Article 5 of the AI Act. What remains of those projects, and…
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Neurorights and neural data: the UNESCO Recommendation on the ethics of neurotechnology, the first global standard protecting the mind
On 11 November 2025 the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, the first global normative instrument in the field: definitions of neurotechnology and neural data, mental privacy, a ban on manipulation, and the qualification of neural data as sensitive data. A significant step. But will a soft-law instrument be enough…
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Is ethical AI possible? The principles protecting human beings
From the Law & Technology review · agendadigitale.eu.
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Neurorights. The risk of algorithmic manipulation in democracy
From the Law & Technology review · astrea.com.ar.
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Ethical Artificial Intelligence. Tools for the protection of human beings
From the Law & Technology review · ar.ijeditores.com.
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From the information revolution / What ethics for the network society?
From the Law & Technology review · astrea.com.ar.
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The Green Certificate or Green Pass: constitutional legitimacy and personal data protection
From the Law & Technology review · ar.ijeditores.com.
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Neurotechnologies in hybrid societies: why new ethical rules are needed
From the Law & Technology review · agendadigitale.eu.
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Protecting vulnerable individuals in the European digital ecosystem
From the Law & Technology review · ar.ijeditores.com.
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Predictive: the algorithm that condemns
From the Law & Technology review · salvisjuribus.it.