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Balkin.blogspot.comReflections from D&S Affiliate Solon Barocas and Advisors Edward W. Felten and Joel Reidenberg on the recent “Unlocking the Black Box” Conference held on April 2 at Yale Law School: Our work on accountable algorithms shows... Read on Balkin.blogspot.comApril 2016 -
Book or Chapter
MIT NewsD&S advisor Dr. Gina Neff and Dawn Nafus explore the social and cultural effects of the pervasive practice of turning everyday experiences into data and offer insights into how these data can be used to educate: People kee... Read on MIT NewsApril 2016 -
podcast
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Data & SocietyFrom the NSA scandal to Facebook’s controversial “mood experiment,” the past decade has seen heated debate over the ways that governments and corporations collect data on citizens and consumers, the ends to which they use it, a... Read moreMarch 2016 -
blog post
MediumD&S Research Analyst Mikeala Pitcan gives us a round-up of news events from January through March 2016 addressing data and equity in schools with a focus on efforts to combat bias in data in New York's Specialized High Scho... Read on MediumMarch 2016 -
Resource
Data & SocietyArtist-in-residence Ingrid Burrington and fellow Surya Mattu teamed up on a curriculum and toolkit of digital and analog resources for teaching people about the physical realities, hardware, and power dynamics of the Internet. ... Read moreMarch 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 -
podcast
WORT FMBrian Standing interviews D&S Researcher Ingrid Burrington about the material impacts and labor of a seemingly immaterial network. Read on WORT FMMarch 2016 -
Academic Article
Big Data & SocietyIn this Big Data & Society commentary, Karen Levy and Dave Johns suggest that “legislative efforts that invoke the language of data transparency can sometimes function as ‘Trojan Horses’ through which other political goals ... Read on Big Data & SocietyMarch 2016 -
podcast
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Data & SocietyData about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? However, in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t kn... Read moreMarch 2016 -
Academic Article
Future of Privacy ForumD&S Affiliate Elana Zeide's Future of Privacy Forum paper identifies 19 studies where data was successfully used to evaluate a program, create a new strategy, or delve into equity and bias issues. “Properly used, mind... Read on Future of Privacy ForumMarch 2016