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report
Data & SocietyD&S researchers Alex Rosenblat and Tim Hwang explore "the significant role of worker motivations and regional political environments on the social and economic outcomes of automation" in this report. Read moreOctober 2016 -
Longform
ProPublicaD&S affiliate Surya Mattu, with Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr., and Seongtaek Lim, continue the Black Box series. Depending on what data they are trained on, machines can “learn” to be biased. That’s what happened in the f... Read on ProPublicaOctober 2016 -
blog post
CultureDigitally.orgD&S Advisor Tarleton Gillespie responds to Gizmodo's recent piece alleging bias in Facebook's Trending Topics list. He argues that information algorithms like the ones used to identify “trends” on Facebook do not work alone... Read on CultureDigitally.orgMay 2016 -
blog post
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 -
blog post
MediumD&S Board Member Anil Dash contrasts two recent approaches to making internet connectivity more widely available. Comparing the efforts to build consensus behind Facebook's Free Basics initiative to LinkNYC, the recently-la... Read on MediumFebruary 2016 -
Academic Article
Data & SocietyHow the Internet is Shaping Social Change, and Social Change is Shaping the Internet Summary As activism for police accountability, fair wages, just immigration, and more takes center stage — social justice movements of the... Read moreAugust 2015 -
podcast
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 -
Academic Article
SSRNThis essay offers a multi-discplinary social analysis of the “Big Data" phenomenon with the goal of sparking a conversation, and it continues to provide a point of reference for the launch and development of Data & Society.... Read on SSRNSeptember 2011