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In the wake of Cambridge Analytica, Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf argues that the real risk is the behavioral models that have been developed from Facebook user's data. "But focusing solely on the purloined data ... Read on MIT Technology Review

Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf co-authored an op-ed in Slate discussing how giving researchers more access to Facebook users' data could prevent unethical data mining. "This case raises numerous complicated ethica... Read on Slate

D&S lawyer-in-residence Rebecca Wexler analyzes the unreliability of video authenticating in Slate. When forensic scientists refuse to reveal details about how their experimental methods work, they erode trust in the ideal... Read on Slate

D&S affiliate Keith Hiatt, Michael Kleinman, and D&S researcher Mark Latonero think critically about the usage of technology as a all-encompassing solution in human rights spaces. It’s important to acknowledge that, mo... Read on The Guardian

D&S affiliate Kate Crawford, with Ryan Calo, wrote this piece discussing risks in AI. Artificial intelligence presents a cultural shift as much as a technical one. This is similar to technological inflection points of the ... Read on Nature

D&S fellow Zara Rahman reports that the Bangladeshi government developed "smart" national ID cards. But with this much personal information being collected on every single citizen, especially personal data that cannot be c... Read on The Guardian

D&S fellow Mark Latonero considers recent attempts by policymakers, big tech companies, and advocates to address the deepening refugee and migrant crisis and, in particular, the educational needs of displaced children throu... Read on Foreign Affairs

In this op-ed, D&S advisor Deirdre Mulligan argues: Whether it's Britain or the US insisting that tech companies develop a mechanism to give police or spy agencies access to encrypted communications, backdoors put ever... Read on Christian Science Monitor