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MediumD&S advisor Anil Dash examines how to change the tech industry for good. Some of the most novel critiques about technology and Silicon Valley are coming from women and underrepresented minorities, but their work is seldo... Read on MediumOctober 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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PointsKiel Brennan-Marquez unpacks Spokeo v. Robins, with an eye to effective governance of algorithms in the future. Read on PointsJune 2016 -
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Points"The FBI recently announced its plan to request that their massive biometrics database, called the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, be exempted from basic requirements under the Privacy Act. These exemptions would p... Read on PointsJune 2016 -
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PointsAnnette Markham weighs in on the conversation on ethics education and considers how university educators might respond. Read on PointsMay 2016 -
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Points"This issue goes far beyond the Trending box in the corner of your Facebook profile, and this latest wave of concerns is only the tip of the iceberg around how powerful actors can affect or shape political discourse. What is of... Read on PointsMay 2016 -
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Points"Could policies exist to guide what algorithms find relevant? Algorithms depend on data to make recommendations. Could certain cultural metadata be embedded to ensure Canadian content has other pathways of discovery beyond a pl... Read on PointsMay 2016 -
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London School of Economics blogD&S Affiliate Seeta Peña Gangadharan discusses how automated systems have transformed the ways in which our data is processed, analyzed, and used by companies that are not held to account for the potential uses of data that... Read on London School of Economics blogApril 2016 -
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Points"Over the last two years, Data & Society has been convening a Council on Big Data, Ethics, and Society where we’ve had intense discussions about how to situate ethics in the practice of data science. We talked about the imp... Read on PointsApril 2016 -
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MediumD&S Advisor Andrew McGlaughlin reflects on Facebook's approach to implementing their Free Basics program: In opening a door to the Internet, Facebook doesn’t need to be a gatekeeper The good news, though, is that Facebook ... Read on MediumMarch 2016