Download the article in PDF format *** This article examines the 2024 Almendralejo school scandal, in which 15 minors used AI-powered nudification applications to generate and distribute sexual images of 20 schoolgirls via Telegram, as a case study for analysing corporate liability gaps in European digital platform governance. Tracing a three-stage harm pathway, from open-source … Continue reading Tools of Harm: AI, Deepfake Infrastructure, and Corporate Liability after the Almendralejo Scandal
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Shadows of the Digital Age: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals Online
Download the article in PDF format *** This article explores the multifaceted risks associated with social media and its impact on vulnerable populations in the digital age. Despite the transformative power of platforms like Meta and TikTok, concerns about their potential harms have reached critical levels. Issues such as child safety, predatory behaviors, addictive designs, … Continue reading Shadows of the Digital Age: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals Online
The Dark Side of Fast Fashion: A Tale of Corporate Irresponsibility
Download the article in PDF format *** This article explores the detrimental effects of the fast fashion industry, highlighting corporate irresponsibility in various stages of production. It compares fast fashion with slow fashion, examining the use of cheap labor, low-quality materials, and exploitative practices that keep prices low at the cost of workers' well-being. The … Continue reading The Dark Side of Fast Fashion: A Tale of Corporate Irresponsibility
Aspartame Debate: Are Economic Interests Clouding the Truth?
Download the article in PDF format *** This article explores the recent reclassification of aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans." The move has stirred varying responses from regulatory bodies, companies, and media outlets, highlighting the complexities that consumers face in discerning fact from opinion … Continue reading Aspartame Debate: Are Economic Interests Clouding the Truth?
Accounting and Hegemony in Multinational Corporations
Download the article in PDF format *** This article illustrates Dr. Samar Riaz’s doctoral research on accounting's role in reinforcing and challenging hegemonic power structures. Using Nestlé as a case study in Pakistan, the author explores how traditional accounting practices consolidate elite power at the expense of society. They draw on Antonio Gramsci's concept of … Continue reading Accounting and Hegemony in Multinational Corporations
The Cost of Manipulation: The Irresponsible Abuse of Technological Opacity in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Download the article in PDF format *** This article explores the risks associated with the irresponsible use of technology in the pharmaceutical industry, including scientific manipulation in drug trials, scientific misrepresentation through ghost-written publications, and abuse of technology through the misrepresentation of risks. The article highlights the negative impacts of these practices on patients, healthcare … Continue reading The Cost of Manipulation: The Irresponsible Abuse of Technological Opacity in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Bonfire of Safeguards and the Potential Whistleblower Fightback at Twitter
Download the article in PDF format *** Following the takeover of social media company Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, it would not be unfair to say the company has been thrown into disarray. The litany of questionable decisions made by Musk since acquiring a $44billion controlling stake in the company on 28th October is long … Continue reading The Bonfire of Safeguards and the Potential Whistleblower Fightback at Twitter
Corporate duty to creditors: The UK Supreme Court’s lost opportunity to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented perspective
Download the article in PDF format *** In October 2022, in the decision BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 the U.K. Supreme Court had the chance to re-consider the vexed question relating to the existence of a “creditor duty.” In what could be considered a reactionary judgment, the Court failed to adopt … Continue reading Corporate duty to creditors: The UK Supreme Court’s lost opportunity to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented perspective