Digital Ethics

Britain’s privacy chief issued a warning over the risks from facial recognition technology, saying people should be free to go shopping or walk around a town “without having our biometric data collected and analyzed with every step we take.”

ID.me has rejected some legitimate claimants in addition to fraudsters

Why Google thought twice about restoring your privacy.

A majority worries that the evolution of artificial intelligence by 2030 will continue to be primarily focused on optimizing profits and social control. Still, a portion celebrate coming AI breakthroughs that will improve life.

Ring provided at least 100 LAPD officers with free devices or discounts and encouraged them to endorse and recommend its doorbell and security cameras to police and members of the public.

Requirements that governments and developers will need to deliver in order for any vaccine passport system to deliver societal benefit

Powerful piece from @sobia_r for @AdaLovelaceInst on minding the missing data gap when it comes to genomics data.'The underrepresentation of diverse populations in genomic datasets and studies exacerbates health inequalities.' @HealthFdn #DataDividehttps://t.co/e8QRBVDAfh— Reema Patel (@Reema__Patel) June 17, 2021

Legal action filed over volume of data shared by digital advertising firms during ad space sales.

Vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fuelling productivity — and a backlash

The project hasn’t moved out of a preliminary stage.

Otonomo says its vehicle location data is privacy-protecting. The data itself says otherwise.

Artificial intelligence offers great opportunities – but it can also do great harm. @aushumanrights’s new Human Rights and Technology Final Report recommends safeguards to protect the community as @esantow explains. Read the report at https://t.co/zRYY2XHElR. pic.twitter.com/jSvdB4K9yZ— Australian Human Rights Commission (@AusHumanRights) May 27, 2021

The case could have broad ramifications for internet researchers and archivists.

The company said it would pay delivery drivers up to $25 hourly plus tips, but the FTC had alleged it kept a third of tips.

Dispatches from Editor-in-Chief Julia Angwin

Privacy experts worry the convenient feature will open the door to surveillance, data tracking and Apple's turning interactions involving state-issued IDs into a new revenue stream.

As companies increasingly apply artificial intelligence, they must address concerns about trust. Here are 10 practical interventions companies can employ.

Developers deal with technical debt every day, and they know how to prevent and manage it better than anyone else. Here’s just some of what they had to say.

Imperfect AI systems can make imperfect decisions at massive scale.

A set of 41 questions drafted with a view to helping us draw out the moral or ethical implications of our tools.

The fourth of the #ShareTheMicNow episodes was created by Antionette Carroll in conversation with David Clifford the founder of Design School X and Liberatory Design, and Timothy Bardlavens co-founder of &Design and Product Design Manager at Facebook discussing Dismantling White Supremacy in Design.

Amazon’s Alexa is causing girls with the same name the butt of teasing, jokes, even sexual harassment. Parents have written to Amazon, set up social action sites, changed their children's’ schools and even their names.

As Technology Evolves, so Does Domestic Violence: Modern-Day Tech Abuse and Possible Solutions - Author: Eva PenzeyMoog, Danielle C. Slakoff

MiDAS, now facing record claim numbers, is intentionally programmed "to make it difficult to get benefits," said attorney Anthony Paris.

The smartphone app Citizen describes itself in simple terms: a safety network that sends alerts about nearby incidents including crime.

"It’s fucking horrendous, honestly. [You're crossing] multiple lanes, busy traffic."

Who’s really on the other end of the phone?

Whistleblowers say they were forced out after flagging problems with e-commerce giant’s data security and compliance.

Critics raise transparency fears over plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh network’