New report by Robyn Caplan illustrates the organizational contexts of three types of content moderation strategies by drawing from interviews with 10 major digital platforms. Read more

Building off the research for her book Uberland: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Rules of Work, Data & Society Researcher Alex Rosenblat explains algorithmic management in the gig-economy. "Data and algorithms are present... Read on The New York Times

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In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities.     Data discrimination... Read more

"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read more

"The Wisdom of the Captured" analyzes how widely captured data of technologies, which enable these technologies to make intelligent decisions, may negatively impact users. Read more

This primer articulates emerging concerns and tensions coming to the fore as social media platforms overtake traditional media forms, becoming the main way that news and information of cultural, economic, social and political significance is being produced and disseminated. Read more

D&S Advisor Tarleton Gillespie responds to Gizmodo's recent piece alleging bias in Facebook's Trending Topics list. He argues that information algorithms like the ones used to identify “trends” on Facebook do not work alone... Read on CultureDigitally.org

Political actors around the world are beginning to use social bots—automated software programs designed to interact with and imitate human users–to manipulate public opinion. Social bots have been used across numerous online pl... Read more