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Connected tech: smart or sinister?

Inquiry

The DCMS Committee will examine the impacts of the increasing prevalence of smart and connected technology and what needs to be done to ensure it is safe and secure for its users.

The Connected tech: smart or sinister? inquiry will explore how devices including smart speakers, virtual assistants such as Alexa and Siri and wearable tech such as Fitbits, are reshaping life in homes and workplaces and across towns and cities.

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The deadline for submissions was Thursday 23 June 2022.

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22 November 2022
Inquiry Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses Dr Yiyun Kang (Associate Lecturer, Royal College of Art), and ABBA Voyage
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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1 November 2022
Inquiry Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses Dr Efpraxia Zamani (Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, University of Sheffield), Dr Matthew Cole (Postdoctoral Researcher, The Fairwork Project), and Dr Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi (Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Business Economics, Brunel University London)
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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1 November 2022
Inquiry Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses Dr Efpraxia Zamani (Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, University of Sheffield), Dr Matthew Cole (Postdoctoral Researcher, The Fairwork Project), and Dr Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi (Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Business Economics, Brunel University London)
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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TEC0064 - Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses The University of Manchester
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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TEC0061 - Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses Good Things Foundation
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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TEC0062 - Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Committees Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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