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Data & SocietyThis talk by Shoshana Zuboff is based on her latest book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Read moreFebruary 2019 -
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DatabitesMatthew Jones speaks about key illiteracies surrounding metadata, the hacking of our court system, and the possibility of ethics at scale. He touches upon the variations in definitions of key terminol... Read moreJune 2018 -
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The Ezra Klein ShowD&S founder danah boyd discusses machine learning algorithms and prejudice, digital white flight on social media, trust in the media, and more on The Ezra Klein Show. "Technology is made by people in a society, and it has ... Read on The Ezra Klein ShowJune 2017 -
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Data & SocietyData & Society Affiliate Amanda Lenhart presents on the prevalence and potential effects of online harassment, and Data & Society Fellow Alice Marwick shares best practices for conducting risky research. ... Read moreMarch 2017 -
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Data & SocietyD&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 & SocietyJanuary 2017 -
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Data & SocietyPredictive policing systems are increasingly used by law enforcement to try to prevent crime before it occurs. But what happens when these systems are trained using biased data? Machine learning algorithms ar... Read moreNovember 2016 -
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Data & SocietySonia Livingstone presents her book, The Class – Living and Learning in the Digital Age. Where and why do digital media – and digital media learning – fit into the lives of young teenagers living in c... Read moreNovember 2016 -
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Philosophical DisquisitionsD&S fellow Karen Levy was interviewed for Philosophical Disquistions about intimate surveillance. Read on Philosophical DisquisitionsJuly 2016 -
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Data & SocietyNumerous media reports have highlighted that refugees now increasingly rely on digital devices such as smartphones in order to traverse their perilous routes, contact lost family members, or find safe places before dark. But cl... Read moreMay 2016 -
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Data & SocietyFrom the NSA scandal to Facebook’s controversial “mood experiment,” the past decade has seen heated debate over the ways that governments and corporations collect data on citizens and consumers, the ends to which they use it, a... Read moreMarch 2016