In “Class or Race: The Factor that Matters More for Equity,” D&S research analyst Mikaela Pitcan tackles the question of whether racial or class diversity should be considered the most important indicator of equity. Pitcan ... Read on Medium

D&S fellow Mimi Onuoha participates in the 'Tech-Driven Activism' panel at Eyeo 2016. Tech-Driven Activism – How can code-based practices contribute to effective activism? How can activist approaches allow us to examine an... Read on Eyeo Festival

Sareeta Amrute takes an ethnographic approach to the work and private experiences of Indian IT coders in Berlin. Read on Duke University Press

The mythology surrounding “big data” rests on the notion that technical systems can increase efficiency and decrease bias. Such “neutral” systems are supposedly good for implementing legal logic because, like these systems, law... Read on Florida Law Review Forum

D&S researcher Claire Fontaine writes about data is speeding up school segregation. Data is great at masking its own embedded bias, and school performance data allows privileged parents to reinforce educational inequality.... Read on Medium

In this primer, D&S researcher Claire Fontaine examines the construct of accountability as it functions in discussions around education reform in the American public education system. Read more

D&S advisor Ethan Zuckerman defends usage of video recording of police officers. If video doesn't lead to the indictment of officers who shoot civilians, are we wrong to expect justice from sousveillance? The police who sh... Read on MIT Technology Review

Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf reconsiders research ethics in the wake of big data. "Many of the familiar norms and regulations of research ethics formulated to prior paradigms of research risks and harms, and thu... Read on Communications of the ACM

"The FBI recently announced its plan to request that their massive biometrics database, called the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, be exempted from basic requirements under the Privacy Act. These exemptions would p... Read on Points

"Code is key to civic life, but we need to start looking under the hood and thinking about the externalities of our coding practices, especially as we’re building code as fast as possible with few checks and balances." Point... Read on Points