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7 - Freedom of Information

from Part II - Legal Controls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2025

Yee-Fui Ng
Yee-Fui Ng
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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Summary

This chapter examines the ability to obtain government information through the operation of freedom of information legislation in relation to AI data in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation provides a potential avenue of obtaining crucial information about the software used to automate decisions, the circumstances in which it was created or purchased, the materials that were used to train it, and any tests run to gauge its accuracy.

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freedom of informationtransparencydisclosureAI datasource codeproactive disclosureFOIexemptionstrade secrets
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Combatting the Code
Regulating Automated Government Decision-Making in Comparative Context
 , pp. 128 - 150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Freedom of Information
  • Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University, Victoria
  • Book: Combatting the Code
  • Online publication: 26 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009599207.009
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  • Freedom of Information
  • Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University, Victoria
  • Book: Combatting the Code
  • Online publication: 26 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009599207.009
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  • Freedom of Information
  • Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University, Victoria
  • Book: Combatting the Code
  • Online publication: 26 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009599207.009
Available formats
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