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Brookings InstituteResearcher Robyn Caplan explains why COVID-19 has created a problem of content mediation, rather than moderation, on social media platforms. Read on Brookings InstituteMay 2020 -
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PointsWhat does it mean to do “ethics” in the technology industry? We found four overlapping meanings. Read on PointsApril 2020 -
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PointsThe Algorithmic Accountability Act is a great first step, and regulators who are tasked with implementing it should take sociotechnical frames into account. "A sociological lens can help illuminate appropriate points of inst... Read on PointsApril 2019 -
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PointsHow will the introduction of AI into the field of medicine affect the doctor-patient relationship? Data & Society Fellow Claudia Haupt identifies some legal questions we should be asking. "I contend that AI will not entire... Read on PointsJune 2018 -
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PointsThis piece is adapted, with permission, from “Data, Algorithms, Fairness, Accountability,” danah boyd’s talk at the October 28, 2016, meeting of the U.S Department of Commerce Data Advisory Council. Read on PointsApril 2017 -
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PointsIn “Are There Limits to Online Free Speech?” D&S fellow Alice Marwick argues against simplistic binaries pitting free speech against censorship, looking at how the tech industry’s historic commitment to freedom of speech fa... Read on PointsJanuary 2017 -
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PointsD&S researcher Mary Madden writes this Points piece defending polls. What we need to move forward is a triangulation of methods — using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis and supporting a publishing pro... Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Ravi Shroff examines Cathy O'Neil's analysis of criminal justice algorithms, like predictive policing. "There are a few minor mischaracterizations and omissions in this chapter of Weapons of Math Destruction t... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S fellow Mark Ackerman develops a checklist to address the sociotechnical issues demonstrated in Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "These checklist items for socio-technical design are all important for polic... Read on PointsOctober 2016 -
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PointsD&S affiliate Angèle Christin writes a response piece to Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction. "One of the most striking findings of my research so far is that there is often a major gap between what the top admini... Read on PointsOctober 2016