D&S lawyer-in-residence Rebecca Wexler provides an analysis on trade secrecy in the criminal justice system. Abstract is below: From policing to evidence to parole, data-driven algorithmic systems and other automated softw... Read more

D&S affiliate Keith Hiatt, Michael Kleinman, and D&S researcher Mark Latonero think critically about the usage of technology as a all-encompassing solution in human rights spaces. It’s important to acknowledge that, mo... Read on The Guardian

D&S fellow Zara Rahman writes about how immigrant families use social media and digital technologies. The consequence is that the home of our deeply personal information has gone from treasured letters stored in a box at o... Read on Real Life Magazine

D&S affiliate Wilneida Negrón details the ten tech issues that will impact this year. As we begin a new year and a new political administration takes office in the US, let’s take some time to consider some pressing issues ... Read on Ford Foundation blog

D&S advisor Claudia Perlich discusses modeling, transparency, and machine learning in a new episode of the Partially Derivative podcast. “One pitfall I see is that it’s easy from a social science perspective to condemn all... Read on Data & Society

D&S advisor Charlton D. McIlwain writes an op-ed about the new white political movement. We must see the new white narrative for what it really is, an attempt to refocus public attention and political capital away from peo... Read on CNN

D&S fellow Zara Rahman details the year's 'data-driven confusion' and contends for a responsible data approach, both to practice and comprehension. We must take a responsible data approach to advocacy – address gaps in lit... Read on Model View Culture

D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston details his exploration of The Glass Room exhibit. "I want to see The Glass Room everywhere there is an Apple Store…And anyone founding or working for a tech company should have to prove th... Read on Points

D&S affiliate Mimi Onuoha profiles the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) of Broadway and off-Broadway and their efforts “to track racial demographic data in the industry.” Read on Quartz

D&S founder danah boyd's prepared remarks for a public roundtable in the European Parliament on algorithmic accountability and transparency in the digital economy were adapted in this Points piece. "I believe that algori... Read on Points