Data & Society Fellow Cynthia Conti-Cook and co-authors assess the bias involved in risk assessment tools. "In the top layer, we identify challenges to fairness within the risk-assessment models themselves. We explain type... Read on Criminal Justice and Behavior

2017-2018 Fellow Jeanna Matthews and Research Analyst Kinjal Dave respond to Deji Olukotun's story about an algorithmic tennis match.  "The answer can’t be derived from the past alone: It depends on what we collectively decide... Read on Slate

Data & Society Fellow Jeanna Matthews speaks about algorithmic accountability and transparency within the context of the criminal justice system. Important decisions in our society are being made evermore frequently by o... Read more

In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities.     Data discrimination... Read more

This paper is a response to calls for explainable machines by Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst and Affiliate Solon Barocas. "We argue that calls for explainable machines have failed to recognize the connec... Read on Fordham Law Review

Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Andrew Selbst argues for regulations in big data policing. "The way police are adopting and using these technologies means more people of color are arrested, jailed, or physically harmed... Read on Georgia Law Review

In this essay, D&S Fellow Taeyoon Choi interrogates technology designed for those with disabilities. "Even with the most advanced technology, disability can not and—sometimes should not—disappear from people. There are dis... Read on The New Inquiry

Virginia Eubanks discusses her most recent book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor.     Eubanks systematically shows the impacts of data mining, policy algorit... Read more

D&S founder and president sings praise for Virginia Eubank's new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. "This book should be mandatory for anyone who works in social service... Read on Points

danah boyd's remarks from her keynote at the 2017 Strata Data Conference in New York City explore media manipulation, data security, and system vulnerabilities. Read on Points