Karen Levy is a sociologist and lawyer. Her research investigates how digital technologies are used to enforce rules and laws, with particular focus on the normalization of electronic surveillance within social and organizational relationships. Her dissertation examined the emergence of electronic monitoring in the U.S. trucking industry. Karen is a research fellow at NYU’s Information Law Institute. She holds a PhD from Princeton University and a JD from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Karen Levy
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VoxNovember 2017 -
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Wiley Online LibraryJune 2017 -
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Washington University Law ReviewD&S researcher Mary Madden, Michele Gilman, D&S affiliate Karen Levy, and D&S fellow Alice Marwick examine how poor Americans are impacted by privacy violations and discuss how to protect digital privacy for the vul... Read on Washington University Law ReviewMarch 2017 -
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Data & Society"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read moreOctober 2016 -
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Washington University Law ReviewIntroduction: Low-income communities have historically been subject to a wide range of governmental monitoring and related privacy intrusions in daily life. The privacy harms poor communities and their residents suffer as a re... Read on Washington University Law ReviewOctober 2016 -
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CornellCISD&S affiliate Karen Levy is interviewed about her scholarly work. Read on CornellCISSeptember 2016 -
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Harvard Business ReviewD&S affiliate Solon Barocas and D&S fellow Karen Levy examine a concept called refractive surveillance, which is when surveillance of one group impacts another. Debates about consumer privacy have largely missed the fa... Read on Harvard Business ReviewAugust 2016 -
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Philosophical DisquisitionsD&S fellow Karen Levy was interviewed for Philosophical Disquistions about intimate surveillance. Read on Philosophical DisquisitionsJuly 2016 -
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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 -
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Feminist Media StudiesIn this commentary, D&S fellow Karen Levy's considers the gendered dimensions of shifting cultures of work in response to the growing demands of the technologized/mediated workplace. She also explores the impact of new digi... Read on Feminist Media StudiesFebruary 2016