Amos Toh
Amos Toh is senior researcher, artificial intelligence and human rights, at Human Rights Watch. He leads the organization’s efforts to document the impact of AI and other data-driven technologies on poverty and inequality. His areas of focus include the digitization and automation of welfare and social protection services, and the algorithmic exploitation of on-demand workers in the gig economy. He also coordinates the organization’s efforts to develop rights-based approaches to AI governance.
Before joining HRW, Amos served as legal advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression and was a clinical teaching fellow at the University of California (Irvine) School of Law. Between 2012 and 2015, Amos was Counsel and Katz Fellow at the Brennan Center of Justice. Amos is a graduate of New York University School of Law and the National University of Singapore School of Law.
Articles Authored
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October 15, 2020
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September 29, 2020
Interview: Don’t Fear the Machines, Fear the People Running Them
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June 24, 2020
Court Corrects Flaw in UK’s Automated Benefits System
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April 13, 2020
Big Data Could Undermine the COVID-19 Response
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February 6, 2020
Dutch Ruling a Victory for Rights of the Poor
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November 18, 2019
Rules for a New Surveillance Reality
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November 8, 2019
Welfare Surveillance on Trial in the Netherlands
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Reports Authored
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Automated Neglect
How The World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights
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