Dr Tiina PAJUSTE

The following specific research coordination objectives shall be accomplished:

● To deliver a comprehensive conceptual and normative assessment of the complexity of challenges related to the task of providing transparent, accountable and standard-based online content assessment by private Internet service providers.
● To develop, with stakeholder involvement, guidelines and commentary laying out detailed methodology for balancing conflicting human rights on the Internet and minimising the risks related to hate speech online.
● To impact stakeholder practice and increase public awareness (the latter leading to increased public pressure to address human rights concerns online) through the dissemination of the research results to the Internet companies and journalists (stakeholders) and the Internet service users (the general public)
● To study the potential threats and long-term effects of using artificial intelligence for assessing and recommending action regarding the content of information published in online sites (matters of censorship, transparency, accountability).

The following specific research coordination objectives shall be accomplished:

Working Group 1 member

Dr Tiina Pajuste is a Professor of International and European Law at Tallinn University. She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the University of Helsinki. She has also worked in research positions at both universities. Previous projects that she has been involved with include EC funded Hurmur (http://hur-mur.eu) and UK ESRC funded Legal Tools for Peace-making Project (https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/legal-tools-peace-making-project). Her research interests focus mainly on the activity of international organisations, international legal aspects of peace-making and human rights. She is also the assistant editor of the East European Yearbook on Human Rights.

Contact

Tallinn University
Narva mnt 25
Estonia
Tallinn
tiina.pajuste@tlu.ee
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