In the wake of Cambridge Analytica, Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf argues that the real risk is the behavioral models that have been developed from Facebook user's data. "But focusing solely on the purloined data ... Read on MIT Technology Review

Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Julia Ticona and Data & Society Research Analyst Alexandra Mateescu co-authored an op-ed for Fast Company about the safety of workers who rely on digital platforms to stay employed. ... Read on Fast Company

Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf co-authored an op-ed in Slate discussing how giving researchers more access to Facebook users' data could prevent unethical data mining. "This case raises numerous complicated ethica... Read on Slate

Data & Society Researcher Alex Rosenblat unveils the impact of Uber's new driving limit policy. "These moves from Uber and Lyft seem to align with their gig-economy model of employment, which structures work as an individu... Read on Slate

On Wednesday Nov. 29th, the Supreme Court heard Carpenter vs. U.S., a 4th amendment case on cell data access. Postdoctoral scholars Julia Ticona & Andrew Selbst urged the court to understand that cell phones aren't voluntar... Read on Wired

D&S research Claire Fontaine explores issues around accessibility at NYC schools. "So for the past six months, I’ve been asking local parents about the data they used to choose among the system’s 1700 or so schools...Bey... Read on Chalkbeat

D&S affiliate Mimi Onuoha states that discarded and sold hardware often has data still on it. It’s not just individuals who are lax about removing data, companies around the world are at fault as well. In a 2007 study rese... Read on Quartz

D&S lawyer-in-residence Rebecca Wexler analyzes the unreliability of video authenticating in Slate. When forensic scientists refuse to reveal details about how their experimental methods work, they erode trust in the ideal... Read on Slate

D&S affiliate Keith Hiatt, Michael Kleinman, and D&S researcher Mark Latonero think critically about the usage of technology as a all-encompassing solution in human rights spaces. It’s important to acknowledge that, mo... Read on The Guardian

D&S advisor Ethan Zuckerman writes about fake news and the bigger problem behind fake news. The truly disturbing truth is that fake news isn't the cause of our contemporary political dysfunction. More troublingly, we live ... Read on Deutsche Welle