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DatabitesIn 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 moreMay 2018 -
podcast
Semantica ResearchD&S researcher Tim Hwang participates in episode 11 of Big Thinkers. Read on Semantica ResearchNovember 2016 -
report
Data & Society"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read moreOctober 2016 -
report
Data & Society"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 moreSeptember 2016 -
Resource
Data & SocietyThis 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 moreMay 2016 -
blog post
CultureDigitally.orgD&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.orgMay 2016 -
video
Data & SocietyPolitical 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 moreDecember 2015