I was asked to comment on the Judge Mabel Jansen expressing racist views on social media by Roland Mpofu of the Sunday Independent. I love teaching people more about the online disinhibition effect. My comments here are:
“They have little inhibition. When we’re online, we cannot see the unspoken cues that people make, such as racist remarks or huge behaviour generalisations.
“The person I’m talking to will change their facial expression, like raise their eyebrows or frown at me immediately.”
Read more at https://www.iol.co.za/news/all-are-liable-for-social-media-comments-2021724
Philipa is the lead consultant and auditor at ProPrivacy. With clients as far afield as Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Germany, Spain and other such exotic locations, besides Cork and elsewhere in Ireland, Philipa enjoys a broad view of the state of data protection, privacy and cyber security worldwide. Philipa’s passion is manageable data compliance for SMEs.
Philipa is a qualified teacher besides holding a computer science (Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence Programming) and electronic and intellectual property law (LLB) qualified. She is trained in constitutional (fundamental) rights litigation and enjoys a good debate.
Philipa has over twenty years of experience working in different sized organisations and sectors on operational, governance, risk management and compliance matters. She is an analytical and focused person that enjoys a challenge in the workplace. She loves technology, systems and people and has a passion for showing people how technology can make life easier and better. She understands that the world is driven by data today but privacy is paramount. Responsibly developed AI excites Philipa for the future.