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Data & SocietyThe essays in this anthology collectively reframe the question of trust and technology away from whether a particular technology is trustworthy and toward how trust reframes institutions, bodies, and knowledge. Read moreMay 2025 -
Policy Brief
Data & SocietyMay 2024 -
event
Data & Society"Race, Surveillance, Resistance" is the third talk in our three-part Databite series, Conversations on The Datafied State, that begins to explore governments use of tech and the transformation of government through its use. Read moreMay 2022 -
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PointsAn FTC Workshop Panel Discussion Recap Read on PointsMay 2021 -
report
Data & SocietyThis "living document" explores a range of perspectives on differential privacy, a disclosure avoidance system designed to help the Census Bureau balance privacy & data utility. Read moreMay 2020 -
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Data & SocietyCynthia Conti-Cook explores police misconduct data and the “data gap” that has proliferated for years on this topic. Read moreJune 2019 -
report
Data & Society“Digital Identity in the Migration & Refugee Context” analyzes the challenges of continually collecting identity data from migrants & refugees. Read moreApril 2019 -
Academic Article
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & ArtsData & Society Data & Human Rights Research Lead Mark Latonero and Zachary Gold look at the history of web crawlers usage and legal issues surrounding that usage. "This paper discusses the history of web crawlers in co... Read on Washington Journal of Law, Technology & ArtsJune 2018 -
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YouTubeAlgorithmic technologies that rely on data don’t necessarily support a social world that many of us want to live in. We must grapple with the biases embedded in and manipulation of these systems, particularly when so many parts... Read on YouTubeMay 2018 -
op-ed
MIT Technology ReviewIn 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 ReviewApril 2018