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FACS Entity Database


This Evidence to Action note introduces the FACS Entity Database, how it was created, what it includes and how it can be used by FACS and our partners.
Report

Algorithmic accountability: a primer


Algorithmic decision-making is becoming more common every day. Increasingly, important decisions that affect people’s lives are governed by datasets that are too big for an individual to process.
Report

Can government stop losing its mind?


This report sets out how the public sector could benefit from a federated, data-driven approach – one that provides greater power to its leaders, benefits its participants and users, and improves performance through better use of, and structured access to, data.
Report

AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?


The development and utilisation of artificial intelligence is currently a hot topic of debate in the UK Government, industry and the research community. But there is still a lack of clarity as to how AI can best be used to benefit individuals and society. This report proposes five principles that could become the basis for...
Report

Criminal misuse of the Domain Name System


This report presents the findings of a preliminary inquiry into the nature of and the risks arising from misuse of the Domain Name System (DNS), and how criminological and regulatory approaches can assist in minimising risks of such misuse.