OSINT and AI: Possibilities and Drawbacks
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is an intelligence method that involves collecting, evaluating, and analyzing publicly available data to answer a specific intelligence question. Although intelligence agencies were already involved in this kind of activity in the last century, the emergence of
Ink Under Siege. The Ongoing Battle Against Book Banning in the United States
In the land of the free, where diversity and freedom of expression are cherished values, a shadow looms over the literary landscape—the contentious issue of book banning. While banning books might seem like a relic of a bygone era, books
Liberty vs. Dignity? A Euro-American Comparison of Two Free Speech Baselines
Free speech cannot be free if it comes at a cost. But is regulation always a cost? This is a tale of two free speech approaches; liberty and dignity. Both favor free speech and dignity but with different priorities and
Who To Ask for help: The Government or AI? The Dilemma of Affordable Healthcare
While we often talk about new technological developments and innovation here on Constitutional Discourse, construed in a legal and philosophical context, the future of the application of AI in the health sector has thus far been rarely mentioned. This is
Market Regulation: Europe is Losing and Only a Few Recognize It Why—Part I.
Enrico Letta just published a report on the Single Market on the 17th of April. Almost at the same time, Mario Draghi delivered a speech about reforming certain aspects of the single market. While these reports were asking for more competitive European champions, Margarethe Vestager
A fruit of (child) labour? On an EU single market ban on products possibly linked to forced and child labour
It is a common misbelief that the issue of child labour was completely eliminated in Europe, however, the phenomenon still exists in several parts of the world and also has effects partly in Europe. Now the European Union takes on
Children’s online privacy to the forefront!
We often talk on this blog about the future of the EU, the age of AI and the way to guard our personal data. The meeting point of all of these discourses is that we want to ensure a safer
What the Anti-Federalists Can Teach the European Union
The American Anti-Federalists offer important lessons that can help understand many dilemmas the European Union faces today. Introduction The liberal democratic world order may be expressed in its simplest form by the famous introduction of the American Federalist Papers. Their author, Publius,
Language as Evidence: The History and Present of Forensic Linguistics in the Age of AI
Forensic linguistics is a relatively young discipline that focuses specifically on the use of language in legal situations. Its confluence with Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be seen as a branch of LegalTech, which can assist in enforcing the right to