Building a platform governance research network Read on Points

Technology and Control in Franchised Industries Read more

How is technology radically changing our lives as citizens and participants in democratic governments? A joint event between Data & Society and Stanford PACS. Read more

How Prop 22 undermines the stability of California’s unemployment system Read on Points

An academic workshop on how institutions, individuals, and infrastructures mediate platform power. Read more

David Robinson discusses an example of an effective application of an algorithm in healthcare. Read more

Two such power centers, the tech industry, and contemporary philanthropy, will be key actors in the next decade of American democracy. We argue that American philanthropy must use its position and power to help design and put new forms of hard accountability for both sectors. Read on Knight Foundation blog

A critical reorientation Read on Points

Angèle Christin and Joseph Torres analyze racial divisions in media-making and its interplay with data-centric technologies. Read more

Our study of the history of impact assessments shows that "impacts" are an evaluative construct that enable institutions to identify and ameliorate harms experienced because of a policy decision or system. Read on Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency