Miranda Cross

Technology Policy Advisor
Ofcom

Miranda is a Technology Policy Advisor at Ofcom, where she focuses on accrediting emerging technologies for Online Safety.

Previously, Miranda worked as a Policy Research Assistant at the Alan Turing Institute, helping to deliver an interdisciplinary research agenda in digital society and policy. She completed an MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute, where her thesis research focused on US labour unions’ responses to electronic surveillance of workers.

Her research is focused on digital inequities of algorithmic management in the workplace, the role of labour unions in shaping AI policy, and governance of data collection in the workplace. She also served as a member of the Trade Union Congress’ Expert Working Group on their proposed Artificial Intelligence (Employment and Regulation) Bill. She is also a representative for Prospect Union, where she is working with leadership to advance AI Charters and union involvement in AI adoption in the workplace.

Before moving to the UK, Miranda worked for the Chief Technologist at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on issues relating to emerging AI/ML technology in the financial sector, including algorithmic bias in loan origination and credit scoring.

Open to being contacted by event organisers and journalists with relevant speaking or media opportunities.

Open to speaking at public events or conferences.

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