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Pam Ugwudike

@pamsoton.bsky.social
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Professor of Criminology | Researching AI & implications for justice Co-Editor-in-Chief Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal: journals.sagepub.com/home/crj

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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
‘Around half a dozen people living with a variety of facial differences, from birthmarks to craniofacial conditions, are increasingly struggling to participate in modern life as identity verification software, which often is powered by machine learning, is quickly becoming commonplace.’
wired.com
When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face
An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“Also, around 49% of those interviewed say their agencies are apt to adopt facial recognition and 54% say they are likely to adopt predictive policing tools like AI.” news.jrn.msu.edu/2025/10/more...
news.jrn.msu.edu
More law enforcement agencies using artificial intelligence - Spartan Newsroom
A growing number of law enforcement agencies are using artificial intelligence, a U-M study finds. That includes automated license plate readers, facial recognition technology and other AI tools. The ...
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
law.ox.ac.uk
The Clarendon Law Lectures 2025-26: Science
The Clarendon Law Lectures will run on three consecutive days.Tuesday, 18th November - Lecture 1
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
‘AI can transform how we conduct social science research. The only way we have to shape an AI future that serves humanity is by building bridges between AI & social sciences’
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📣New video alert! ⚠️This animated video is based on a survey of over 1000 UK parents & it highlights harms that occur when parents post information about their children online. Be risk aware & help secure a positive digital future for children📱#cyberawareness #sharenting #onlinesafety
youtube.com
The ProTechThem Project: Sharenting cyber awareness video
YouTube video by Protechthem Project
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
todaysfamilylawyer.co.uk
Cyber crime risks posed by 'sharenting' as 45% share details of their children online - Today's Family Lawyer
45% of parents share details of their children online and overestimate the effectiveness of privacy settings on social media accounts
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2543236...
dailyecho.co.uk
Parents urged to think twice before posting back-to-school pictures
Researchers at the University of Southampton have warned of the dangers of 'sharenting'.
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Do you think twice before sharing photos of your children online? New research exposes the dangers of ‘sharenting,’ linking shared images to risks like cyberbullying, ID theft and harassment. As parents post back-to-school photos this week, online safety is urgent. Read more 👉 tr.ee/lY9aip
Close-up of a woman holding a phone to snap a photo.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This article outlines key findings from our ESRC-funded research project which revealed digital harms that arise when parents disclose children’s information online. Awareness raising resources for parents & briefings for stakeholders including policy makers are available at: www.protechthem.org
bbc.co.uk
Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from 'sharenting'
Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
‘A recent UNESCO survey (across 96 countries) has revealed a concerning trend: 44% of judicial operators, including judges, prosecutors and lawyers, are utilizing AI tools such as ChatGPT in their work, yet only 9% have received proper institutional training or guidelines.’
unesco.org
UNESCO Survey Uncovers Critical Gaps in AI Training Among Judicial
A recent UNESCO survey has revealed a concerning trend: 44% of judicial operators, including judges, prosecutors and lawyers, are utilizing AI tools such as ChatGPT in their work, yet only 9% have
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
bbc.co.uk
Met Police urged to drop facial scanning at Notting Hill Carnival
Civil liberty groups say in a letter to Sir Mark Rowley the technology's deployment is
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
‘As a growing number of organizations are using biometric technologies such as facial recognition and fingerprint scanning to verify identity and provide services, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has issued new guidance on protecting privacy in biometric initiatives.’
priv.gc.ca
News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada publishes guidance on biometrics - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
As a growing number of organizations are using biometric technologies such as facial recognition and fingerprint scanning to verify identity and provide services, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has issued new guidance on protecting privacy in biometric initiatives.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
‘Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research has found.’
theguardian.com
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Excited to see the programme is out for #EUROCRIM2025! Looking forward to speak in two of the digital criminology panels 🤩 #digitalcriminology #greencriminology #surveillance #morethanhuman #AI #environmentalcrime
screenshot panel abstract book panel Marc Schuilenburgscreenshot panel abstract digital policing environmental crime
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
‘The Danish government is planning to tackle the issue of AI-generated deepfakes by granting citizens property rights over their likeness and voice.‘
cnn.com
Denmark plans to thwart deepfakers by giving everyone copyright over their own features | CNN Business
The Danish government is planning to tackle the issue of AI-generated deepfakes by granting citizens property rights over their likeness and voice.
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Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal @crimandcj.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🚨 We're now on Bluesky! 🚨 Follow Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal for updates, calls for papers, and criminological conversations in a new space. 📢 @crimandcj.bsky.social Come say hi and help us build the CJ community on Bluesky too!
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Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal @crimandcj.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨Got new research in criminology or criminal justice? We’re accepting submissions at Criminology & Criminal Justice. Whether you're exploring theory, policy, or frontline practice—we want to hear from you.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Last month, tech companies were asked ‘what a digital, data and technology-enabled justice system could look like in 2050. Responses included: Real-time behaviour monitoring & subcutaneous tracking of people under the control of the criminal justice system’.
theguardian.com
Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
‘Apple & Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK. "Around 90-100% of UK mobile devices run on Apple or Google's mobile platforms," the Competition & Markets Authority said, adding this means the firms "hold an effective duopoly".
bbc.co.uk
Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator
The tech giants both expressed concern at the rulings, but said they will co-operate with investigations.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
The Code of Practice helps industry comply with the AI Act legal obligations on safety, transparency and copyright of general-purpose AI models.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
‘Danielle Horan was escorted from the branches in Greater Manchester … and initially given no explanation. She later discovered she was falsely accused of stealing about £10 worth of items after her profile was added to a facial recognition watchlist to prevent shoplifting.’
bbc.co.uk
Woman mistaken for thief after shop face scan alert
An apparent mix-up led to Danielle Horan was wrongly accused of shoplifting by Home Bargains staff.
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
‘As AI spreads across society and enters the courtroom, the US judicial conference advisory committee has announced that it will begin seeking public comment as part of determining how to regulate the use of AI-generated evidence at trial.’
theguardian.com
AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court
Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"It was the first time in Arizona judicial history — and possibly nationwide — that AI has been used to create a deceased victim’s own impact statement" www.abc15.com/news/region-...
CHANDLER, AZ — Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident in Chandler in 2021, but last month, artificial intelligence brought him back to life during his killer’s sentencing hearing.

It was the first time in Arizona judicial history — and possibly nationwide — that AI has been used to create a deceased victim’s own impact statement.
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Andrew Millie @andrewmillie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New article! "Policing and social media: Exploring police digital visibility" by Matthew Jones, Liam Ralph, Andrew Millie and Michael Rowe, open access in Criminology & Criminal Justice journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Law Commission of Ontario / Commission du droit de l'Ontario @lco-cdo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The LCO is excited to release its comprehensive AI in the Criminal Justice reports, including five papers examining the benefits, risks and governance of AI at every stage of the criminal justice process. Access them here: www.lco-cdo.org/en/our-curre...
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
royalsociety.org
DNA fragments in air, soil and water could be used in the investigation of crime and warn of biosecurity threats | Royal Society
Royal Society policy briefing on environmental DNA (eDNA) sets out emerging applications that could benefit UK
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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A federal judge in Wyoming received a motion citing nine cases. Of the nine, eight don't exist. When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question." @courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...
courtwatch.news
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Say It’s a ‘Cautionary Tale’ For All Law Firms
The attorneys filed court documents referencing eight non-existent cases, then admitted it was a "hallucination" by an AI tool.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Today the prohibitions in the #AI act enter into force including individual risk profiling in criminal justice and live facial recognition (with exceptions) but where are the guidelines?
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
‘The African Union (AU) ratified the Malabo Convention—a legal framework for data protection and cybersecurity—on June 8, 2023 . This regulation is similar to the EU GDPR and AI Act in jumpstarting AI regulation throughout Africa.’
hir.harvard.edu
The Transformative Impact of AI on African Union Policies
"Based upon AU goals and EU precedents, specific recommendations to implement new policies should include AI education to raise awareness of the harms AI may cause."
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
cleveland.com
Cleveland police used AI to justify a search warrant. It has derailed a murder case
Cleveland police used artificial intelligence software to justify a search warrant in a murder case. A judge, however, threw out the results of that search, including the gun authorities say was the m...
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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant: digital risk-profiling in England’s private rented sector
This paper examines digital tenant risk-profiling tools in England’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) and their influence on housing access and fairness. Based on qualitative data from 50 interviews and...
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-c...
nbcnews.com
An AI tool used in thousands of criminal cases is facing legal challenges
Cybercheck's founder has said the software tops 90% accuracy. Defense lawyers have said he lied under oath about his expertise and made false claims about when and where the technology has been used.
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Pete Fussey @petefussey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Our research centre @crispsurv.bsky.social is hosting a major exhibition & series of events on Orwell. Starts with Hans K Clausen's 'The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth' at Stirling. Other events include a performance lecture by Bill Drummond (KLF), screenings, talks and more. All welcome
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Register here for AI UK 2025 hosted by The Alan Turing Institute ⬇️
ai-uk.turing.ac.uk
The Alan Turing Institute – AI UK
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The Justice in Forensic Algorithms Bill tackles lack of algorithmic transparency by prohibiting trade secrets privileges & requiring that source code is disclosed to defendants. It proposes new programmes for regulating ex-ante assessments of forensic algorithms. hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/p0wzaz31
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
Justice in Forensic Algorithms
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Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE @marion-infolaw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Polygraphs & policing in England & Wales. Article based on FOI analysis accepted/forthcoming in Legal Studies journal. We argue for independent review of police polygraph use & 'police law for tech' covering all policing contexts. Comments welcome researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publicati...
researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk
Falling behind the PACE: Lie-Detectors, Policing and Lack of Foreseeability - An FOI based Study
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The First Draft of the EU’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been published.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
First Draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice published, written by independent experts
Independent experts present the first draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, which will be discussed with around 1000 stakeholders next week. The AI Office is facilitating relevant AI Act u...
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/f...
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
‘Call for research projects at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humanities. The intended outcome of Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI) is to advance the scholarship being undertaken in the humanities through the use of AI-based technology for research.’
schmidtsciences.org
Humanities and AI Virtual Institute - Schmidt Sciences
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Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
‘The algorithm could amplify and perpetuate embedded biases & generate even more bias-tainted data to feed a vicious cycle. Because most risk assessment algorithms are proprietary, it’s also impossible to interrogate their decisions or hold them accountable’. www.technologyreview.com/2019/01/21/1...
technologyreview.com
AI is sending people to jail—and getting it wrong
Using historical data to train risk assessment tools could mean that machines are copying the mistakes of the past.
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DK Mok @dkmok.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Phrase of the Day: Algorithmic Justice The idea that AI technologies need to be created with equity in mind, not only in terms of how they’re designed, but who they’re designed by. Interesting discussion on how to ensure AI and chatbots don’t perpetuate bias and bigotry. @scifri.bsky.social
sciencefriday.com
How AI Chatbots Can Reinforce Racial Bias In Medicine
Researchers examined four popular chatbots and found they perpetuated debunked, harmful ideas from race-based medicine.
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