Press & Announcements
Latest Press
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Response to the NSF’s RFI on Developing a Roadmap for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
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Data & Society Welcomes Tamara Kneese as Senior Researcher and Project Director of AIMLab
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Comment on Automated Worker Surveillance and Management
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Response to the NTIA's Request for Comment on AI Accountability Policy
All Press and Announcements
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Press CoverageNew York Times"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 TimesMarch 2015
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AnnouncementData & SocietyData & 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 moreMarch 2015
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Press CoverageUS Department of Commerce"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 CommerceMarch 2015
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Press CoverageWired"The internet is everywhere. In another, more concrete way, it’s inside massive, anonymous buildings and beneath city streets, marked by special manhole covers and cryptic, colorful symbols. "[D&S fellow] Ingrid Burrington... Read on WiredFebruary 2015
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Press CoverageQuartz"In the study’s 'Growth' scenario, [D&S fellow Anthony] Townsend sees a push for self-driving trucks partly as a result of converging economic, technological, and regulatory factors. In this world, by the late twenty-teens,... Read on QuartzFebruary 2015
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Press CoverageFast Company"But the devices are no panacea, as research institute Data & Society reminds us in a report published today. Authors Alexandra Mateescu, Alex Rosenblat and danah boyd suggest that body cameras' aura of accountability is in... Read on Fast CompanyFebruary 2015
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Press CoverageHyperallergic"Writer, cartographer, and artist [D&S fellow] Ingrid Burrington details her research into and mapping of the physical infrastructure of the mystical internet. Showing responses to Freedom of Information Act letters and roa... Read on HyperallergicFebruary 2015
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Press CoverageAAAS news"'The application of big data in the human rights domain is still really in its infancy,' said Mark Latonero, research director and professor at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and fellow at th... Read on AAAS newsJanuary 2015
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Press CoverageInside Philanthropy"The Data & Society Research Institute is a new, 'think/do' tank based in New York that is dedicated to tackling 'the social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development.' Which, these d... Read on Inside PhilanthropyJanuary 2015
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Press CoverageVice"A chapter in the book compiled by data artist [D&S fellow] Ingrid Burrington is comprised of 20 pages listing objects pulled from the Pentagon’s 1033 program—which has supplied military hardware to local police for decades... Read on ViceJanuary 2015