Gordon Young

Gordon is a PhD student and research assistant at Deakin University located in Melbourne, Australia. His thesis examines the ethics of AI-based counter-extremist interventions on social media. His research enquires into the nature of extremist uses of social media, current governance of interventions to prevent or stop extremist activities online, the practicalities of AI applications for these interventions, and the ethical/legal/risk implications of such interventions. Gordon is an expert in professional ethic and organisational power dynamics, the Principal of Ethilogical Consulting, and author of Power and the Professional.