Digital Ethics

SecureDrop 2.4.0 is scheduled to be released on May 19, 2022. We will send out another notification through this blog, Twitter, Mastodon, and the support portal when the release is live. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. A complete list of changes can be found on GitHub.

The ransomware attack is likely to impact a number of agricultural machinery brands, including Challenger, Fendt, Ferguson, Massey, and Valtra, in the run-up to a crucial time of year for crop farmers.

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To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency

“Autonomous vehicles are recording their surroundings continuously and have the potential to help with investigative leads,” an internal training document states.

Keyword search warrants, geofence warrants, and the ability to buy data will all make it easier to prosecute people seeking abortions and their helpers.

A journey to the outer limits of content moderation.

Facebook's parent company, Meta, faces allegations after a former outsourced content moderator filed a lawsuit Tuesday.

Facial recognition company Clearview AI is now banned from selling its database of faces to private US businesses, as part of a settlement.

AS ROBOTS and humans grow increasingly closer, we’re starting to form all kinds of relationships with machines. Are you and your phone platonic or are you turning into a machine yourself? Nea…

#Deadbots can speak for you after your #death. Is that #ethical?#AIEthics #EthicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Algorithms #Data #Digital #Tech #Technology #Ethics #Politics #Policy #Governance #DataEthics #DigitalEthics #TechEthicsh/t @ramonsuarez_https://t.co/lgw8H6gy4x— AI Ethics Watch (@AIEthicsWatch) May 10, 2022

Joanna Bryson discusses how she became interested in the ways different species use intelligence, how the typical tropes in science fiction misunderstand AI and the problem of anthropomorphism. In this interview, Bryson discusses the most pressing ethical challenges concerning the future of artificial intelligence and whether or not we can stabilize democracy when we have so much information about each other. She also touches on how the problems that arise with AI aren't always to do with the technology itself but with the social conditions that often produce it.

A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution.

Normalising the principles of oppression through discriminatory technologies

TikTok joins FB and Google in tracking billions of people across myriads of websites operated by other companies, and in letting myriads of other businesses send email addresses and phone numbers to them in order to link profile data, calling it 'standard industry practice'. https://t.co/4pzJI3XBpd— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) May 10, 2022

Elon Musk said he wants to make Twitter a platform for free speech. Here is what research shows about claims of political bias and excessive moderation.

An excerpt from the new book by our own deputy editor, Nate Anderson.

"The mass collection of data by ICE poses a tremendous risk."

Why You Should Not Rely On Centralized Platforms Only (expand options), And A Look At: Pixelfed (Instagram Alternate), Mastodon (Twitter/Facebook Alternate), Peertube (Decentralized Video Platform). + Why Social Media Anonymity Is Vital Using Recent News: How Twitter Data Partner Was Used For Surveillance. Our Tutorials Organized By Category: https://buymeacoffee.com/politictech

The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook

Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, Web3 and NFT are the talk of the town. Almost everyone has an opinion, but hardly anyone understands the foundations or relationships. The goal of this series, whose first part you are currently reading, is to provide a structured presentation of promis

Women will flock to the Dark Web and encrypted messaging apps to circumvent new abortion restrictions. But some of those tools are under threat.

In face of the recent terrible news, I have seen a lot of talk about period tracking apps and how they use our data. My research has NOT directly approached privacy in menstrual apps, but I recall a few studies and analyses that have:— Mayara Figueiredo, PhD (@mayaracfig) May 4, 2022

When Elon Musk unveiled his idea for the Tesla bot, it evoked a racist phenomenon dating back to the 18th century.

Content moderators at a leading school surveillance company share their stories — and struggles