Hannah Appel and Astra Taylor discuss their new book, "Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition." Read more

A Poverty Lawyer’s Guide to Fighting Automated Decision-Making Harms on Low-Income Communities Read more

New cautions for HR managers on worker surveillance Read more

This primer explores different types of data voids and how they can be exploited by those with ideological, economic, or political agendas. Read more

This primer explores issues of algorithmic accountability, or the process of assigning responsibility for harm when algorithmic decision-making results in discriminatory and inequitable outcomes. Read more

This primer articulates emerging concerns and tensions coming to the fore as social media platforms overtake traditional media forms, becoming the main way that news and information of cultural, economic, social and political significance is being produced and disseminated. Read more

In this background primer, D&S Research Analyst Laura Reed and D&S Founder danah boyd situate the current debate around the role of technology in the public sphere within a historical context. Read more

This primer examines the construction of predictive algorithms; how they are are used in the court system; and the role of data in evidence-based sentencing. Read more

Predictive policing refers to the use of analytical techniques to make statistical predictions about potential criminal activity. The basic underlying assumption of predictive policing is that crime is not randomly distributed ... Read more

D&S fellow Tim Hwang participated in a session on "Memory Holes and Security Blankets," a discussion focusing on the legal and policy consequences of systems that process audio, at Listening Machines Summit. Tim's talk d... Read more