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Data & SocietyMaurice Mitchell (@MauriceWFP) on hacking black democracy: Maurice talks about black communities as democratic dead zones in which segregation concentrates harm in communities and disappears social problems from dominant pop... Read moreJune 2015 -
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Fast CompanyExcerpt: "With all due respect to the boldface AI worriers, do we need to invent a boogeyman from the future when we’ve got the present to worry about? Is tomorrow’s machine enslavement so much more terrifying than today’s vast... Read on Fast CompanyJune 2015 -
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Data & SocietyAlthough we cannot disclaim the utility of genetic data, it is important to consider whether we are being socially and governmentally coerced to relinquish our genetic data. If so, what does this mean for privacy and discrimina... Read moreJune 2015 -
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The NationD&S artist in residence Ingrid Burrtington writes about the history of the term "predictive policing", the pressures on police forces that are driving them to embrace data-driven policing, and the many valid causes for conc... Read on The NationMay 2015 -
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Data & SocietyD&S fellow Gideon Lichfield's short story for the Police Technology and Civil Rights Roundtable: "The year is 2019, and body cams have become standard for patrol officers in most police departments in the US. The cams an... Read moreMay 2015 -
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The AtlanticExcerpt: "Police-worn body cameras are coming. Support for them comes from stakeholders who often take opposing views. Law enforcement wants them, many politicians are pushing for them, and communities that already have a stron... Read on The AtlanticMay 2015 -
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin"Algorithms are a part of our daily lives, impacting everything from our Internet searches, to our credit scores, healthcare and policing. As they become more ubiquitous, The Agenda asks whether we should allow ourselves to be ... Read on The Agenda with Steve PaikinMarch 2015 -
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Data & SocietyIn the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown in August 2014, as well as the subsequent protests in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country, there has been a call to mandate the use of body-worn cameras to promote accou... Read moreFebruary 2015 -
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Radio NZ"Seeta Gangadharan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Open Technology Institute in Washington DC [and a D&S fellow]. She discusses the automated systems, known as algorithms, that are replacing human discretion more and mor... Read on Radio NZFebruary 2015 -
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JSTOR Daily"[D&S advisor] Dr. Alondra Nelson studies gender and black studies at the intersection of science, technology, and medicine. She is the author of numerous articles, including, 'Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the... Read on JSTOR DailyFebruary 2015