Digital Ethics

Mursion tells big corporate clients that its VR simulations will help teach racial sensitivity. But the actors playing its Black characters are often white.

Oppression can get built into anything, including medical devices. How do they influence us, and what can we do about them?

"I've done nothing wrong, so who cares if they take my data?" If you can hear yourself think this, please keep reading.

"Life and the Law in the Era of Data-Driven Agency" published on 31 Jan 2020 by Edward Elgar Publishing.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million on Clearview AI Inc – a company that describes itself as the ‘World’s Largest Facial Network’. In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of people in the UK and to delete it following alleged serious breaches of the UK’s data protection laws.

BREAKING: Clearview AI issued provisional fine for over 17£ millionFollowing PI's submissions before the UK data protection regulator, as well as other European regulators, the ICO has today announced its provisional intent to fine Clearview AI. https://t.co/JH5Zk1V94u pic.twitter.com/uEWOUyQUkn— Privacy International (@privacyint) November 29, 2021

Mohawk architect Matthew Hickey (of Two Row Architect) argues that designing safer public spaces starts with broadening our definition of inclusivity.

Hi. I regularly get asked for free training sessions & workshops and love sharing research skills, so I've made these tutorials on YouTube with more coming. I hope it helps.Here is the #OSINT At Home playlist: https://t.co/faJEPGT1j0This video is a snippet of the content ✌️ pic.twitter.com/bDRDzD2VWc— Benjamin Strick (@BenDoBrown) February 1, 2021

Side note: watching the live stream and the auto captions are turning the Mashpee people into 'mashed peas.' auto captions that reproduce settler colonial speech norms are an issue of #algorithmicjustice https://t.co/UsGCQdZc8d— Sasha Costanza-Chock (@schock) November 25, 2021

10 November 2020. Our new research explores the aspects of online shopping that are putting those with mental health problems at risk of financial harm.

Researchers proposed a fix to the biased algorithm, but one internal document predicted pushback from “conservative partners.”

A sweeping AI has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse.

A disclosure in the United Kingdom has sparked a heated debate about the health impacts of an errant algorithm

Smart home technology can help people age in place longer, but the price can be a senior's privacy.

The barrier of meaning between AI and human-level intelligence still stands today. #Mitchell— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) November 20, 2021

It's alive: "Disability in the new workplace: What companies need to know and do" is out. Read it to learn about the harmful ableist myths that are part of our norms and interactions. And importantly, what you and your company can do to dismantle them. https://t.co/86qbAhwzd8 https://t.co/rOKtruTgZ9— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) November 16, 2021

The time to consider the implications of the widespread use of biometrics is now. Biometric data collection can be highly invasive, and it’s important to ensure it’s being used responsibly and proportionately. Read more at Monash Lens.

A citizen interested in watching their government's response to misinformation cannot do so without @YouTube suggesting videos promoting dangerous health misinformation.— Joe Bak-Coleman (@jbakcoleman) November 17, 2021

Every year or so, a new Facebook scandal emerges. These blowups follow a fairly standard pattern, at least in the U.S. First, new information is revealed that the company misled users about an element of the platform—data sharing and data privacy, extremist content, ad revenue, responses to abuse—...

Sprakab allegedly responsible for wrongly deporting 'hundreds'

The Home Office is refusing to acknowledge the Somali identity of Bajuni asylum seekers.

22-åriga flyktingen Aisha Sharif ska utvisas till Tanzania fast hon är från Somalia. Det har Migrationsverket bestämt. Beslutet är grundat på ett språktest – ett test som starkt ifrågasätts.

Papperslös från det krigshärjade Somalia. Nu hotas han av utvisning till ett annat land, Kenya. Orsaken är en undermålig analys av språkföretaget Sprakab.

The Home Office is refusing to acknowledge the Somali identity of Bajuni asylum seekers.

Historically, it’s been a matter of trial and error. There’s a better way.

Hacker life. pic.twitter.com/CYAtg7AO2H— V_To_The_K (@V_to_the_K) November 10, 2021

Do the countries of the world want companies like Facebook to do more moderation, or do we wish to think carefully about new models of content moderation altogether, that do not depend on more Facebook? It’s worth considering e-courts as an another adjudicatory mechanism, for example. Now is the time for out-of-the-box ideas. Facebook’s US-centrism is plain for all to see.