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PointsD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston details his exploration of The Glass Room exhibit. "I want to see The Glass Room everywhere there is an Apple Store…And anyone founding or working for a tech company should have to prove th... Read on PointsDecember 2016 -
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PointsD&S founder danah boyd's prepared remarks for a public roundtable in the European Parliament on algorithmic accountability and transparency in the digital economy were adapted in this Points piece. "I believe that algori... Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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PointsGilad Lotan outlines how bias and propaganda are often more damaging than deliberately misleading information. Read on PointsNovember 2016 -
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MediumD&S advisor Christina Xu writes about fake news and conspiracy theories in China. Here in China, even well-educated and progressive friends have sincerely asked me about some pretty niche conspiracies. Did Hillary really a... Read on MediumNovember 2016 -
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PointsWhat the journalists from SourceFed may have stumbled upon was not an instance in which search results were intentionally being manipulated in favor of a candidate, but how algorithms can reflect complex jurisdictional issues a... Read on PointsJune 2016 -
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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