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Informers Up Close: Stories From Communist Prague In-person event Informers are generally reviled. After all, ‘snitches get stitches’. Informers who report to repressive regimes are particularly disdained. While informers may themselves be victims enlisted by the state, their actions cause other individuals to suffer significant harm. Informers, then, are central to the proliferation of endemic ...

How Canada Chose Exile: The decision to banish Japanese Canadians, 1946 This event is proudly co-presented by the University of Sydney Law School and Discipline of History. In-person event As the end of the Second World War drew into view, federal officials in Canada faced a policy problem of their own creation. They had displaced ...

How China governs Big Tech and regulates artificial intelligence In-person event China has long been recognized as a powerhouse in cultivating Big Tech firms that rival those in the United States. However, the Chinese government recently embarked on a massive regulatory crackdown, targeting its largest tech corporations such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan.  Many Western ...

Navigating China’s regulatory approach to generative artificial intelligence In-person event In-person event The rapid development and application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems have raised growing concerns of their potential risks at a global level. In July 2023, Chinese regulators passed the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services (the Measures). The Measures ...

Call for abstracts: SMU-Sydney-HKU Law & Sustainability Conference Law, Sustainability, and Development: Transforming Pathways in the Asia Pacific Region Submission deadline: 1 May 2024 Sydney Law School is pleased to announce the SMU-Sydney-HKU Law & Sustainability Conference be held at the University of Sydney on 11-12 July 2024. We are delighted to invite you to ...