Digital Ethics

‘Sight’ rocked the internet in 2012. Now its creators are back for a sequel.

The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to approve a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook over a long-running probe into the tech giant’s privacy missteps, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Facebook over the company's 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal.

We've seen every episode of 'Black Mirror' and have a feeling this won't end well.

There’s a compelling argument that by installing stalkerware on their kids’ phones, parents are exposing the kids to more hazards—misuse of data, breaches, hackers, predators, & any companies looking to profit from their data—than they are protecting them from.— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) July 12, 2019

Parents can use Life360 to track their teen’s location in real time. The company can use that data to sell car insurance.

A crackdown on how government agencies can use the technology needs to consider how companies do, too.

Facebook has outlined how it intends to clean up its content, making much of the fact that it has expunged 3.3 billion fake profiles in the last six months.

Google contractors are listening to conversations recorded by Google Assistant in Belgium and the Netherlands. Several recording were also triggered..

Facebook says its Libra payment platform is a social impact project that promises benefits to the poor and unbanked. Others say it’s an…

The voice-assisted device will give official NHS advice, but critics fear a "data protection disaster".

ICO imposes fine after personal data of 339 million guests was stolen by hackers

Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission. The flaw potentially…

British Airways is facing a record fine of £138 million, after its systems were breached by hackers and the personal and payment card information of around 500,000 customers were stolen.

A deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg gleefully talking about the data he “stole” puts Facebook’s sanctimonious approach to moderation to the test.

Six experts offer a variety of perspectives on the subject of data ethics.

Can privacy survive?

To prove a point about common location-sharing apps, I asked my wife to use them to spy on me.

Ninety years ago, René Magritte painted a pipe. I’m sure you’ve seen the work; it’s among his most famous. Written under the rendering of the object are the words Ceci n’est pas une pipe — “This is…

At the Adobe 99U conference there was an on-stage conversation between author Courtney E. Martin and Tim Brown, CEO of design firm IDEO. During the interview they touched upon the topic of ethics. Author and design consultant Kim Goodwin reacted to the exchange, calling out Brown’s remarks as “a disturbing statement”. I agree, and I …

Sponsored ads on Amazon’s baby registries are leading the family and friends of new parents to make purchases of unwanted gifts.

This week, the Trump campaign announced it raised an impressive $54 million in the second quarter of this year. The Republican National Committee raised another $51 million. Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, says he is on track to raise over $1 billion to support Trump's reelection.

In a new preprint paper published on Arxiv.org, a team of researchers propose an AI system that classifies emotions from walking style.

That is unless you know how to delete them manually.

In a new research paper, a team of scientists created an AI model that can predict per-item and per-cart product return probability.

When ⁦@profgalloway⁩ is away, with ⁦@CaseyNewton⁩ I play. Actually a dead serious Pivot episode on his epic pieces on Facebook content moderators. https://t.co/00znSakgH5— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) June 28, 2019

Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters, to work correspondence, to unsolicited inbound sales pitches. In many ways, they are an extension of our …

Here's a perfect example of the problem of cool tech that's abusive of user data, and why we care so much about it at @6d_aihttps://t.co/Ggo0esXnDHLittle rant 👇 [1/7]— Anthony Maës (@portemantho) May 24, 2019

DeepNude will no longer be offered for sale and further versions won’t be released. The team also warned against sharing the software online, saying it would be against the app’s terms of service.

One of the biggest problems facing designers is how to create a more humane future. This has probably been the case for as long as there’s…