Digital Ethics

“If you get people afraid of their neighborhood, then they will buy Ring cameras, and those cameras will, in turn, make them more afraid, because every time someone walks by and their phone buzzes, they’ll think it’s a burglar on their porch...” https://t.co/4v0ptXLo69— One Ring (IoT camera) to surveil them all (@hypervisible) December 21, 2019

Free the Slaves investigates the extant of slavery in Congo's mining industry. Conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) find their way into the supply chain of products we use every day—like laptops, cell phones and batteries. Slavery also exists in Congo's mining areas.

Technology companies are building algorithms that are fueled by vast stores of patient health information.

What we learned from the spy in your pocket.

Don’t let yourself be compromised

Facebook told two senators why it tracks users' locations even when their tracking services are turned off.

Laura Kalbag discusses the gift of personal data we give to Big Tech when we share information on its platforms, and how reviving ye olde personal website can be one way to stay in control of the content we share and the data we leak. Christmas is a time for giving, but know what you’re giving to whom.

Facebook will hire the "community reviewers" through a third-party contractor called Appen.

Here’s the actual press release about the Horrible Toilet, and a screenshot of the actual intro text to make clear the toilet is *all about increasing business efficiency and profits*https://t.co/3NlsH1xMuo pic.twitter.com/tw5FYU5JS3— dan hon (@hondanhon) December 17, 2019

America needs more and better protections over personal data, says Lawrence Cappello of the University of Alabama

Note: This piece contains sexual content and descriptions of child sex abuse that could be disturbing to some readers. The messages…

Prof Noel Sharkey says systems so infected with biases they cannot be trusted

Each time I've watched this video it's given me chills. A Desoto County mother shared this Ring video with me. Four days after the camera was installed in her daughters' room she says someone hacked the camera & began talking to her 8-year-old daughter.More at 6 on #WMC5 pic.twitter.com/77xCekCnB0— Jessica Holley (@Jessica_Holley) December 10, 2019

Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant’s refusal to remove the content has created a public-health crisis.

Män är fortfarande en prioriterad kategori på arbetsmarknaden och i tillvaron i stort. Men när algoritmer alltmer styr våra liv väcks frågan om hur mycket kvinnor och minoriteter diskrimineras utan att någon behöver ta ansvar för det...

Professor Scott Galloway owns approximately 334,000 shares in Twitter, and he has something to say about the company's leadership.

Voice technology has historically struggled to understand people with unique speech patterns, like those with Down syndrome.

The FBI also recommends changing factory-set (default) passwords and not allowing an IoT device's accompanying mobile app to gain access to too many smartphone permissions.

A study by a Beijing-based body indicates many are worried about their biometric data being hacked.

This week, security reporter Brian Krebs asked why the newest iPhone 11 Pro appeared to be sending out a user’s location even when the user disabled Location Services in their phone’s settings, in conflict with Apple’s privacy policy and the express wishes of the user. Apple told Krebs it was “expected behavior” and that there […]

Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.

Disability campaigners say it was "bizarre" to limit video views to reduce bullying on the app.

“My first day on the job, I witnessed someone being beaten to death with a plank of wood with nails in it and repeatedly stabbed.”

Facebook said on Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user's post at the request of the Singapore government, but called for a measured approach to the implementation of a new "fa...

Twitter has changed its tune regarding inactive accounts after receiving a lot of user feedback: It will now be developing a way to “memorialize” user accounts for those who have passed away, before proceeding with a plan it confirmed this week to deactivate accounts that are inactive in order to “present more accurate, credible information” […]

Apple Maps now shows Crimea - annexed from Ukraine in 2014 - as part of Russia, when viewed there.

Twitter has changed its tune regarding inactive accounts after receiving a lot of user feedback: It will now be developing a way to “memorialize” user accounts for those who have passed away, before proceeding with a plan it confirmed this week to deactivate accounts that are inactive in order to “present more accurate, credible information” […]

Design is about power. Someone pays for the work and they have their own reasons for why they are paying. How this is translated and converted into specific decisions is varied, but in the end, it's the person in charge, and who influenced them, that defines the likely results.— Scott Berkun (@berkun) November 27, 2019

The employee-only tool, created around 2015 and 2016, used Facebook's vast collection of facial data to automatically recognize people.