Digital Ethics

Auto-grading systems adopted in many districts were supposed to save time by using bots to score tests. But parents and teachers say the software leads to grading errors and requires them to double-check the bots’ work.

I kid you not! They don't even pretend not to do phrenology anymore (ht @vinayprabhu) pic.twitter.com/zSmZZKDt5M— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) November 8, 2020

When you get in your car in the morning, you might expect it to be the car that you left the night before.Not any more. James May, the television presenter, and Grant Shapps, the transport secretary

The rise of cloud computing and AI have popularised face recognition technology globally, but at what cost?

Amazon today announced a set of new features aimed at making its Alexa devices more useful to aging adults. With the launch of “Care Hub,” an added option in the Alexa mobile app, family members can keep an eye on older parents and loved ones, with their permission, in order to receive general information about […]

What we found shows the technology’s promise — and perils.

Buying access to a government's facial recognition camera system to track whoever you want for $200. Totally wild. https://t.co/dBhdG7IHGa pic.twitter.com/dnN7SrLKE9— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) November 11, 2020

‘This is the future I hope we will help bring about’

Next time you're stuck in traffic because of roadworks and your frustration starts to bubble, change your perspective:Those roadworks could save someone's life – that's worth the wait. https://t.co/4p0DZN0KiW— The Correspondent (@The_Corres) November 10, 2020

While Prop 24 will be active only in California, it will effectively apply to all of the US because of the state's huge influence on the tech industry.

Walk like you're angry, and the emotionally intelligent machine will give you more room, leaving your personal bubble intact.

The metric, which assesses the potential for danger based on keywords, rose to 580 from 400 this week — a 45% increase.

We need public spaces, built in the spirit of Walt Whitman, that allow us to gather, communicate, and share in something bigger than ourselves.

This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents.

Faculty from the Computer Science and Philosophy departments join forces in a successful new undergraduate initiative, Embedded EthiCS, to change the way computer scientists think about the ethical implications of new technology.

The long read: The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we often end up ignoring the facts we don’t like

"We can’t ask people working at the level of code to be responsible for the sales deal that is happening in the C-suite."

Workers say they were discouraged from speaking up when they found flaws in the company’s policies

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Limiting access to personal data by employees

Uber released an app update that tracks users 24/7, even when they're not using the service. Do you trust them to use their God View power for good?

Cab startup’s former forensic investigator Samuel Ward Spangenberg claims he was fired from the company after blowing whistle on lack of security

How my food sensitivity led me to realize the risk of search suggestions

Move follows criticism that its promotional films reinforced ‘white saviour’ stereotypes

Users with devices in unsupported languages, also including Portuguese and Italian, just see a blank screen

This is a disturbing development.Last Friday, Facebook sent a cease-and-desist letter to two NYU researchers (@LauraEdelson2 and Damon McCoy), demanding that they shut down their research into political ads and disinformation on FB’s platform.https://t.co/ksBVmqV27K— Alex Abdo (@AlexanderAbdo) October 23, 2020

The worst part about the Oculus Quest 2 news is that most people buying one are new to VR, and are unaware of how much their biometric data says about them. To them, it's "who cares if Facebook knows I'm playing Beat Saber?" since that's the level of tracking they're used to 1/11— Danny Bittman (@DannyBittman) October 25, 2020

This is a jaw-dropping paragraph. https://t.co/ix4JFLCZJe pic.twitter.com/QFl5MXoqPY— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) October 25, 2020

The company is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad-targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.