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Data & Society, Fifteen Scholars File Amicus Brief in Pending SCOTUS Case

Aug 11, 2017, Marcia Hoffman, Kendra Albert, Andrew D Selbst

On August 11, 2017, Data & Society and fifteen individual scholars—including danah boyd, Julia Ticona, and Amanda Lenhart—filed an amicus brief in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, Carpenter...

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danah boyd on why fake news is so easy to believe

Jun 27, 2017, danah boyd

D&S founder danah boyd discusses machine learning algorithms and prejudice, digital white flight on social media, trust in the media, and more on The Ezra Klein Show. “Technology is made...

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When a Computer Program Keeps You in Jail

Jun 13, 2017, Rebecca Wexler

D&S resident Rebecca Wexler describes the flaws of an increasingly automated criminal justice system The root of the problem is that automated criminal justice technologies are largely privately owned...

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Data & Society's speaker series – Databites – is geared toward engaging our network and the broader public on unresolved questions and timely topics of interest to the D&S community.

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Databite No. 95: Amanda Lenhart, Alice Marwick, & Zara Rahman on Online Harassment, Risky Research, and Activism

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