Data & Society advances public understanding of the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation.

Data Voids

Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited

report  |  10.29.19 | Michael Golebiewski, danah boyd

"Data Voids" demonstrates how manipulators expose people to problematic content by exploiting search-engine results.

Headshot of Charlton McIlwain with blue filter over it. Advertising his Databite talk on Nov. 13

Databite No. 125: Charlton McIlwain

event  |  11.13.19

Call for 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows

Announcements  |  10.31.19

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Now Hiring: Research Assistant, Social Instabilities in Labor Futures

11.08.19

Call for 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows

10.22.19

Call for Participation: Contested Data: What Happens When the Givens Aren’t Taken

10.15.19

(Closed) Now Hiring: Researcher, Health and Data

10.03.19
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The deeper danger of deepfakes: Worry less about politicians and more about powerless people

09.20.19 | Britt Paris

Drawing on insights from her co-authored report Deepfakes and Cheap Fakes, Data & Society Affiliate Britt Paris emphasizes who will be most negatively impacted by deepfake technologies. “What is...
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Owning Ethics: Corporate Logics, Silicon Valley, and the Institutionalization of Ethics

09.10.19 | Jacob Metcalf, Emanuel Moss, danah boyd

Data & Society Researchers Jacob Metcalf, Emanuel Moss, and Founder and President danah boyd investigate the tensions that arise when adapting ethics initiatives at Silicon Valley tech companies. “By...
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How to Cite Like a Badass Tech Feminist Scholar of Color

08.22.19 | Rigoberto Lara Guzmán, Sareeta Amrute

How can citation practices be used as a strategy to decolonize tech research, ask Data & Society Events Production Assistant Rigoberto Lara Guzmán and Director of Research Sareeta Amrute...
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