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Knight Foundation blogTwo 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 blogNovember 2020 -
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Data & SocietyHow can we do less harm to communities of color with the technology we create? In their new paper Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech, Data & Society 2018-19 Fellows Jessie Daniels and Mutale Nkonde and 2017-18 Fellow Dara... Read moreMay 2019 -
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e-fluxIn e-flux, Data & Society INFRA Lead Ingrid Burrington contemplates the maps of the internet. "The historical maps made of the internet—and, later, the maps of the world made by the internet—are both reflection and instrum... Read on e-fluxMay 2018 -
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Fast CompanyIn the gig-economy, management by algorithms means employment relationships grow more remote and distributed across the network. Alex Rosenblat explains how workers navigate this by creating their own forums. "Online forums ar... Read on Fast CompanyJanuary 2018 -
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Harvard Business ReviewD&S researcher Mark Latonero provides an overview of the role of large tech companies in refugee crises. While the 40-page brief is filled with arguments in support of immigration, it hardly speaks about refugees, except t... Read on Harvard Business ReviewMay 2017 -
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American Press InstituteD&S researcher Mary Madden was interviewed by the American Press Institute about Madden's recent Knight Foundation-supported report, "How Youth Navigate the News Landscape." However, one of my favorite quotes was from a pa... Read on American Press InstituteApril 2017 -
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The AtlanticD&S artist-in-residence Ingrid Burrington explores the importance of domain names at NamesCon, an annual conference for the domain-names industry. In addition to being crucial to making the web work, domain names are also ... Read on The AtlanticFebruary 2017 -
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QuartzD&S affiliate Gideon Litchfield writes a short story called 'Democracy 3.0' Read on QuartzJanuary 2017 -
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The New York TimesD&S affiliate Natasha Singer profiles how high school students are encouraged to develop their social media personas for college admissions - particularly Linkedin. Now some social media experts are advising high school se... Read on The New York TimesNovember 2016 -
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ProPublicaD&S affiliate Surya Mattu, with Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr., and Seongtaek Lim, continue the Black Box series. Depending on what data they are trained on, machines can “learn” to be biased. That’s what happened in the f... Read on ProPublicaOctober 2016