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Data & SocietyData about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? However, in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t kn... Read moreMarch 2016 -
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Data & SocietyWe all have moments in which someone’s use of new media baffles us, and we have to ask a friend how to respond. It often isn’t just the content of the message, it is also using that particular medium in that way which leaves us... Read moreMarch 2016 -
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DatabitesAlgorithms may now be our most important knowledge technologies, “the scientific instruments of a society at large,” and they are increasingly vital to how we organize human social interaction, produce authoritative knowledge, ... Read moreFebruary 2016 -
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ScienceFriday.comIn this interview on Science Friday, D&S advisor Kate Crawford discusses how biases that are present in our culture can be found in big data sets that are used to train algorithms that will make critical decisions such pick... Read on ScienceFriday.comNovember 2015 -
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Data & SocietyD&S fellow Noel Hidalgo discusses his work in civic tech past, present, and future in an interview by James Burke who is with the Open State Foundation and the P2P foundation. To hear more about open government, civic ha... Read on Data & SocietyNovember 2015 -
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Data & SocietyThe growth of the Identity State is premised on the administrative fantasy that citizens can be grasped, fixed, and rendered stable in the state’s imagination. Biometric technologies are seen as core to this act of fixation, de... Read moreJuly 2015 -
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ScienceFriday.com"On Monday, Apple revealed a more inquisitive Siri for iOS 9—a direct competitor to Android’s Google Now. Each smartphone feature seeks to anticipate your next move by offering up suggestions, directions, and the like. [D&S... Read on ScienceFriday.comJune 2015 -
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Data & SocietyAlthough we cannot disclaim the utility of genetic data, it is important to consider whether we are being socially and governmentally coerced to relinquish our genetic data. If so, what does this mean for privacy and discrimina... Read moreJune 2015 -
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Radio NZ"Seeta Gangadharan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Open Technology Institute in Washington DC [and a D&S fellow]. She discusses the automated systems, known as algorithms, that are replacing human discretion more and mor... Read on Radio NZFebruary 2015 -
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JSTOR Daily"[D&S advisor] Dr. Alondra Nelson studies gender and black studies at the intersection of science, technology, and medicine. She is the author of numerous articles, including, 'Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the... Read on JSTOR DailyFebruary 2015