October 8, 2025
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Research and Resource Library
This library includes Data & Society publications produced over our 10+ year history. Our research, events, and insights explore how technology shapes society, and how society can shape technology in turn.
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September 2, 2022
Blog post
You probably are not fully removing your private photos and data before selling your old technology
D&S affiliate Mimi Onuoha states that discarded and sold hardware often has data still on it.
It's…
July 20, 2022
Article
Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism
Technology can often do more harm than good in humanitarian situations. In an op-ed for The New…
July 11, 2019
Article
Facebook may stop the data leaks, but it’s too late: Cambridge Analytica’s models live on
In the wake of Cambridge Analytica, Data & Society Researcher Jacob Metcalf argues that the real…
April 9, 2018
Article
Robots Welcome? Ethical and Legal Considerations for Web Crawling and Scraping
Data & Society Data & Human Rights Research Lead Mark Latonero and Zachary Gold look at the history…
April 1, 2018
Academic article
With Algorithmic Accountability, Different Remedies Bear Different Costs for Consumers
D&S Affiliate Seeta Peña Gangadharan discusses how automated systems have transformed the ways in…
June 15, 2017
Blog post
What It Takes To Truly Delete Data
D&S affiliate Mimi Onuoha details the process of completely deleting data. This overwriting process…
January 30, 2017
Article