D&S fellow Seeta Peña Gangadharan was quoted in this piece by The Nation discussing the future of data-driven discrimination. “The legal fight against discrimination (or, rather, the legal fight for equality) may be a long... Read on The Nation

D&S Founder danah boyd was quoted in this Huffington Post piece discussing student privacy. [boyd] points out some other important considerations including the rights of economically disadvantaged children “who are already... Read on Huffington Post

D&S fellow Karen Levy was quoted in this Fast Company piece discussing surveillance of workers. Some research suggests that excessive monitoring can itself curb productivity and innovation, says Karen Levy, a fellow at New... Read on Fast Company

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0-licensed photo by Biblioteca Centro Lincoln.) The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is supporting a project by Data & Society to better understand the needs of computer science researchers as they navigate emerging... Read more

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0-licensed photo by adoephoto.) Together with several civil rights and social justice organizations, Data & Society has signed in support of the Civil Rights Principles on Body Worn Cameras announced today by ... Read more

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0-licensed photo by Theen Moy.) The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is supporting a Data & Society partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, METRO, and New America to focus on data and privacy ... Read more

"Despite the Rialto study and several others, there's still not a broad body of data on how police body cams affect police behavior and community responses. The state of rigorous study of police body cameras is neatly summarize... Read on Gizmodo

"Karen Levy, a fellow at the Data and Society Research Institute...recently completed a three-year study on performance tracking in a decidedly old-line business: trucking. Over the last two decades, the industry has used GPS a... Read on New York Times

Data & Society is pleased to announce its second class of fellows. Beginning in September this diverse group of researchers and practitioners will pursue individual projects, support one another’s work, and build on the activit... Read more

"U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the members of the new Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC), who include 19 of the best and brightest private and public sector thought leaders on data management and ... Read on US Department of Commerce