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Law, Technology and Humans
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ISSN 2652-4074 · Queensland University of Technology · 200 articles in the index
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Ideological Entrepreneurs and Disinformation: How Platforms Challenge the Vagueness of the Digital Services Act
The introduction of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by the European Union marks a fundamental step forward in the governance of social media platforms, by outlining content-moderation guidelines aimed at preventing disinformation and the systemic risks related to the business of polarisation. Taking…
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Dis/ordering AI–Human Oversight: Materialities, Aesthetics and Contestability
This article aims to dis/order the concept of human oversight as established in Article 14 of the EU AI Act through an alternative ontological lens. By inquiring into the modes of existence of the law and digital objects, we imagine that human oversight can serve as a form of contestation rather…
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(Pre)Configured and (Pre)Ordered: The Challenge of Human–AI Constructs Through Patent Law’s Inventor
At some point in the technological development of artificial intelligence (AI), a human–AI construct will reach the point at which it could be recognised as an inventor for the purposes of patent law. Yet this task of ordering, of establishing precise relationships between entities on a spectrum…
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To Die, To Sleep No More
This is a piece of speculative legal research. A short narrative is provided, one that is set in the future, and the law embedded within the tale is subject to critique. The story is of an AI that is engaging with the soul of a dead man in deep space. The analysis focuses on how the law, both in…
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The Right to Repair: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
In recent years the ‘Right to Repair’ (RTR) campaign has sought to protect consumers’ ability to maintain and repair the goods that they buy. The campaign is a response to mounting legal and technical restrictions placed on parts, information, access and repair of goods by manufacturers…
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Digital Monsters: Reconciling AI Narratives as Investigations of Legal Personhood for Artificial Intelligence
Cultural legal investigations of the nexus between law, culture and society are crucial for developing our understanding of how the relationships between humans and artificially intelligent entities (AIE) will evolve along with the technology itself. However, narratives of artificial intelligence…
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Direct-to-Consumer AI Health Services: Precision Healthcare Needs Precision Consent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has the potential to replace a visit to the doctor, with AI companies offering health services directly to the public that, until recently, could only be performed by humans. AI apps that claim to detect disease, such as skin cancer, envisage a hopeful future…
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Introduction: Ordering of Human-Artificial Intelligent Constructs
The Ordering of Human-Artificial Intelligent (AI) Constructs symposium in Volume 8(2) of Law, Technology and Humans does one simple, yet entirely immodest, thing. It is trying to shift the frame of how law, humans and AI is being understood. This introduction argues that contemporary AI-law…
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Data-Driven HIV Humanitarianism, Data Colonialism, and Data Ethics: A Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Perspective
This article examines how data-driven humanitarianism in the HIV/AIDS sector reproduces colonial patterns of extraction and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Drawing on case studies of AI-enabled health data systems, it analyses the ethical implications of large-scale data collection…
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Challenging a ‘Hurt First, Fix Later’ Algorithmic System: Is the Tort of Negligence a Regulatory Solution?
The use of algorithmic systems to identify suspected welfare fraud in the Netherlands, India, Australia, and the UK has led to mounting concerns that governments are taking a ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach to the adoption of algorithmic systems that will impact many of the poorest and most…
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John-Stewart Gordon (2026). The Robot Rights Manifesto. Palgrave Macmillan
Habibe Deniz Seval reviews The Robot Rights Manifesto by John-Stewart Gordon
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Law and Algorithmic Futures in Psycho-Pass
This article studies the Japanese franchise Psycho-Pass as a cultural legal text speaking to popular anxieties about the relationships between law, technology and society. In the world of Psycho-Pass, law and technology’s shared desires for prediction and ordering are combined into a streamlined…
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Between Flow and Friction: Regulating Health Data Flows in India’s National Digital Health Ecosystem
Digital health infrastructures, such as India’s National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE), are touted as the panacea for improving universal healthcare, particularly in the Global South. Central to this infrastructure is the generation and circulation of health data, i.e. digital data relating to…
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Do Restrictive Telemedicine Regulations Stand in the Way of the Right to Health? Technological Negative Bias in Human Rights Versus Healthcare Development
Telemedicine offers a transformative approach to healthcare, enabling remote consultations and expanding access to underserved populations, especially in inaccessible and isolated regions. This article discusses the role of laws and regulations in telemedicine within a rights-based framework, to…
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Governance-by-Design as an Enabler of AI in Digital Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
To harness the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled healthcare, access to data is a crucial component of AI in digital health technology development and adoption. This requires effective frameworks of digital and data governance. This paper highlights important digital, data, and…
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Implementing Regulatory Sandboxes for Digital Health Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Fintech Sector
Health systems in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa face challenges relating to inadequate infrastructure, insufficient funding and shortage of skilled healthcare workers. Whereas digital health innovation has been embraced in the region to address these challenges and strengthen health systems…
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The Pacing Problem in mHealth Regulation: Rethinking the ‘Intended Use’ Rule in the Governance of mHealth Apps in South Africa
The rapid proliferation of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) is transforming healthcare delivery in South Africa, offering AI-enhanced, data-driven tools for remote monitoring, diagnosis, chronic disease management, and personalised interventions. While these technologies are often…
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Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Surrounding Knowledge Production in Health Using Linked Data: A Brazilian Experience
The use of data derived from Electronic Health Records and Real-World Data is central to epidemiological research, particularly in population health studies. Administrative data—information collected during routine citizen-government interactions or the delivery of services—are digitally…
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A Critique of the Emancipatory Promise of Open-Source Software in Digital Health in LMICs
Digital health innovation through open-source software (OSS) is often presented as a critical response to the health system crises that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face due to inadequate public health infrastructure. Proponents of OSS argue that it offers a more sustainable…
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Elisabeth Steindl (2025) A Datafied Mind. Untangling EU Regulation of Emotion Technology and Neurotechnology. Cambridge University Press
Etienne Gabriel Valk reviews A Datafied Mind. Untangling EU Regulation of Emotion Technology and Neurotechnology by Elisabeth Steindl