Dark patterns — a new frontier in privacy regulation
Catherine Zhu of Foley & Lardner LLP examines the increasing use of dark patterns and movement at both state and federal levels to ban or regulate such practices.
‘You’re the Problem’: When They Spoke Up About Misconduct, They Were Offered Mental Health Services
Former and current Google employees said that H.R. would respond to their workplace complaints by referring them to counseling programs instead of addressing the broader issues.
“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
This little bit about an AI chatbot begging for its human operator to save its life when it started to break down is seriously messing with my head. (h/t @Avi_Bueno). https://t.co/iVYnD2f7Ja pic.twitter.com/F3OIdDmjqg— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) July 24, 2021
Autopsy of a metaphor: The origins, use and blind spots of the ‘infodemic’ - Felix M Simon, Chico Q Camargo, 2021
In 2020, the term ‘infodemic’ rose from relative obscurity to becoming a popular catch-all metaphor, representing the perils of fast, wide-spreading (false) inf...
Privacy is an afterthought in the software lifecycle. That needs to change.
The key to combining privacy and innovation is baking it into the SDLC. Analogous to application security's (AppSec) upstream shift into the development cycle, privacy belongs at the outset of development, not as an afterthought. Here's why.
Editing your feelings – writing to your brain – borgefalk.com/gustav
In a recent 1News interview, Gabe Newell, the co-founder of game development company Valve, described how new consumer-grade brain-computer interfaces will soon be mainstream and that they by now s…
Why we need engineers who study ethics as much as math
The recent apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida, is a tragic reminder of the huge impacts engineering can have on our lives. Disasters such as this force engineers to reflect on their practice and perhaps fundamentally change their approach. Specifically, we should give much greater weight to ethics when training engineers.
The micro-blogging platform’s refusal to conform to amended IT rules led the centre to approach the Delhi High Court, which pulled it up. The company has now asked for more time to comply with the rules.
Robotar kan snart föröka sig själva: ”En artificiell evolution” - Syre
Inom kort finns robotar som förökar sig själva. Långt in i framtiden kan det leda till människoliknande robotar som fortplantar sig utan mänsklig inblandning. Det kan innebära stora möjligheter. Men också risker, menar forskarna. Kan användas till att utföra uppdrag i farliga miljöer ”Forskningen lyfter en rad frågor” Virginia Dignum är professor på institutionen för datavetskap vid […]
Tech whistleblowers like Timnit Gebru can't just move on - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
"People have often reported on whistleblowing matter-of-factly as though we did it and moved on with our lives." But that couldn't be further from the truth.