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Data & SocietyThis primer addresses the application of big data tools and practices in a criminal justice context, and raises questions about the kinds of data used for analysis and consequences of error, bias, or inaccuracies. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer discusses data-driven education and the increasing use of data in educational reform, while raising both concerns and challenges within this growing field. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer addresses the persistent obstacles that communities of color face within our consumer finance system, and investigates the role of rapidly changing technologies therein. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer traces the history of discrimination in home ownership and housing within the US to digital redlining and data mining practices today. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer explores historical employment discrimination, and investigates the growing use of public data, algorithms, surveillance, and outcome-oriented scoring systems within work environments. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer provides a basic overview to some of the core concepts underpinning the “big data” phenomenon and the practice of data mining. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer explains how a growing reliance on automated systems, algorithms, and existing networks systematically benefits some at the expense of others -- often without employers even recognizing the biases of such mechanisms. Read moreOctober 2014 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer raises critical questions about what fair labor looks like in a networked world and discusses how existing mechanisms of labor protection do not address these contemporary work scenarios. Read moreOctober 2014 -
blog post
MediumFairness is one of those values that Americans love to espouse. It’s just as beloved in technical circles, where it’s often introduced as one of the things that “neutral” computers do best. We collectively perceive ourselves an... Read on MediumSeptember 2014 -
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New York TimesIn this op-ed, Data & Society fellow Seeta Peña Gangadharan argues that the "rise of commercial data profiling is exacerbating existing inequities in society and could turn de facto discrimination into a high-tech enterpris... Read on New York TimesAugust 2014