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MediumD&S affiliate Karen Crawford wrote a compelling piece, sparked by Facebook's censorship of "The Terror of War" photograph, on the social impacts of artificial intelligence. The core issue here isn’t that AI is worse than t... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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PointsD&S project coordinator Emily Keller discusses the need to address environmental responsibility in device ownership, creation, and discarding. "Achieving maximum efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy to p... Read on PointsSeptember 2016 -
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GenderIT.orgD&S fellow Zara Rahman wrote a piece on GenderIt discussing what it means for the internet to become feminist. A feminist internet can mean many things, it means that everyone has affordable, unconditional, open, meaningfu... Read on GenderIT.orgAugust 2016 -
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Dmlcentral.netD&S researcher Claire Fontaine writes a compelling piece analyzing whether or not school performance data reinforces segregation. Data is great at masking its own embedded bias, and school performance data allows privilege... Read on Dmlcentral.netAugust 2016 -
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MediumIn “Disentangling the real and potential risks of advertising in schools” D&S research analyst Alexandra Mateescu teases apart the difference between real and hypothetical risks of advertising in schools. Mateescu discusses... Read on MediumAugust 2016 -
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MediumD&S researcher Monica Bulger discusses her participation in a meeting of experts held by the National Academy of Education. She concludes with a series of observations, including: The main problem is that researchers have ... Read on MediumAugust 2016 -
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MediumIn “Class or Race: The Factor that Matters More for Equity,” D&S research analyst Mikaela Pitcan tackles the question of whether racial or class diversity should be considered the most important indicator of equity. Pitcan ... Read on MediumAugust 2016 -
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AnilDash.comD&S advisor Anil Dash calls for more specific categorization of tech companies. This also contributes to spreading tech’s well-known shortcomings around inclusion and diversity into new fields. Today, companies described a... Read on AnilDash.comAugust 2016 -
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MediumAnil Dash wrote a piece describing the evolution of blogs. He compares past and current capabilities of features, such as searches, comments, and following. He concludes with: Ultimately, though, I think most of these ideas we... Read on MediumAugust 2016 -
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TheRideShareGuy.comD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat wrote a blog post discussing how Uber can implement wage withholding policies without driver input or negotiation. This set up essentially provides negative disincentives to drivers to retriev... Read on TheRideShareGuy.comAugust 2016