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Quartz"In a self-driving car, the control of the vehicle is shared between the driver and the car’s software. How the software behaves is in turn controlled — designed — by the software engineers. It’s no longer true to say that the ... Read on QuartzJuly 2015 -
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New York TimesIn this op-ed, Data & Society founder danah boyd argues that youth are addicted to interacting with their peers, not to screens. "If Americans truly want to reduce the amount young people use technology," she writes, "we sh... Read on New York TimesJuly 2015 -
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CivicistIn this piece for Civic Hall's Civicist, Samuel Woolley and D&S fellow Tim Hwang argue that "[t]he failure of the ‘good bot’ is a failure of design, not a failure of automation" and urge us not to dismiss the potential bene... Read on CivicistMay 2015 -
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Fast Company"I just spoke with Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, a senior PhD student in computational privacy at the MIT Media Lab, and I’ve got some bad news about data and privacy. Then I’ve got worse news. But fear not, because after that I... Read on Fast CompanyMay 2015 -
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TIME"But as history tells us, camera evidence does not an indictment make." D&S advisor, Janet Vertesi discusses the difficulty with visual evidence in criminal indictments and the power of visual suggestibility. Offering ev... Read on TIMEMay 2015 -
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SlateOne week D&S affiliate Elana Zeide is described by the new app Crystal as "a quick learner with strong analytical, creative, and social skills, but may seem scatter-brained, forgetful, and/or sarcastic” and the next week as... Read on SlateMay 2015 -
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Fast CompanyAfter his Facebook account was hacked, D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston saw the other side of allowing social media giants to access other websites, apps, and services. After sharing his take-aways from the experience you mig... Read on Fast CompanyApril 2015 -
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Nieman LabToday, press ethics are intertwined with platform design ethics, and press freedom is shared with software designers. The people at Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard, Pulse and elsewhere have a new and significant role in how news c... Read on Nieman LabOctober 2014 -
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New York TimesIn this op-ed, Data & Society fellow Seeta Peña Gangadharan argues that privacy-as-default features "help restore public trust in technology as a tool to improve our lives and collectively self-govern." "When technologies c... Read on New York TimesSeptember 2014 -
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TIMEIn this op-ed, Data & Society advisor Janet Vertesi highlights a systemic tension in our current understanding of data privacy: "We are all supposed to be solely responsible for our personal information, but at the same tim... Read on TIMESeptember 2014