Overview of Ethics in Tech Practice

Digital Ethics
Desiree Weber on Twitter
Update: it’s worse than I thought. I reached out to the organization that hosts the public advocacy portal in which this menu appeared. Below is an excerpt from their reply.THIS IS ALL BECAUSE 46 U.S. SENATORS WON’T ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT A GENDERED PREFIX. pic.twitter.com/UAv9HTceYB— Desiree Weber (@desireejweber) July 16, 2020
Predictive policing algorithms are racist. They need to be dismantled.
Lack of transparency and biased training data mean these tools are not fit for purpose. If we can’t fix them, we should ditch them.
COVID-19: How public health emergencies have been repurposed as security threats
Much discussion around COVID-19 public health apps has focused on how to ensure functionality, including on how to measure proximity between phone users and whether apps should adopt a centralised...
Eli Pariser: What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?
Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we're encountering on digital platforms aren't all that new -- and shares how, by following the model of thriving towns and cities, we can create trustworthy online communities.
EU Tech Policy Brief: June 2020 Recap
This is the June 2020 recap issue of CDT’s monthly EU Tech Policy Brief. It highlights some of the most pressing technology and internet policy matters under debate in Europe, the U.S., and internationally, and gives CDT’s perspective on them.
SafeBoda exposed for illegally sharing clients' data with third parties
SafeBoda has been exposed over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by Unwanted Witness Uganda. The civil society organization has today...
Technology Theatre
When the public is focusing on a technology instead of a holistic solution to address complex policy issues, technology theatre is working.
Data Collection And State Surveillance Put LGBTQ People At Risk Online And Off
Apps that harvest data, dark web marketplaces, and state surveillance are just some of the dangers LGBTQ people have to think about online.
Per Axbom posted on LinkedIn
Digital Ethics – The Mindmap. This mindmap reminds me of the complexity of the system, but also of why it matters to work intentionally with Digital Ethics...
adobe-inclusive-design/id-workshop
Adobe Inclusive Design Workshop. Contribute to adobe-inclusive-design/id-workshop development by creating an account on GitHub.
Amazon workers 'refuse' to build tech for US immigration, citing Hit…
People working for Amazon have written to the company's CEO, Jeff Bezos, to protest the sale of facial recognition tools and other technology to police departments and government agencies.
IBM's Role in the Holocaust -- What the New Documents Reveal
Newly-released documents expose more explicitly the details of IBM's pivotal role in the Holocaust.
Why Facebook’s opt-out of political ads is a short-sighted solution
Last week, Facebook announced that it would allow voters in the United States to opt out of seeing social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates in their Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Instagram to block LGBT 'conversion therapies'
It comes amid calls for the government to act on a two-year-old promise to make the practice illegal.
Facebook removes inauthentic network linked to Bolsonaro allies
Influence operation promoted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and attacked his rivals
MIT apologizes, permanently pulls offline huge dataset that taught AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs
Top uni takes action after El Reg highlights concerns by academics
Opinion | Facebook Flunks New Audit on Civil Rights, Hate Speech and Voter Suppression
Report warns that the social media company may be “driving people toward self-reinforcing echo chambers of extremism.”
Cennydd on Twitter
The most common Q I get on responsible design: ‘How do I actually embed ethical considerations into our innovation process?’Although I don’t love cramming a multifaceted field like ethics into a linear diagram, it’s helpful to show a simple process map. So here’s my attempt. pic.twitter.com/TMfEq38yn5— Cennydd (@Cennydd) July 3, 2020
IBM Design for AI
Our practice is built on our Principles for the AI Era as a resource for all designers and developers. This shared collection of ethics, guidelines, and resources ensures that IBM products share a unified foundation.
Slave markets found on Instagram and other apps
Domestic workers have been illegally sold via Instagram and other apps on Google and Apple's stores.
Privacy is not the problem with the Apple-Google contact-tracing toolkit | Michael Veale
New tools give tech giants the power to shape communities and change behaviour, says Michael Veale lecturer in digital rights and regulation at University College London
Data, Compute, Labour
The media and the academic world are filled with stories and analyses of how AI will impact our economy. Yet with few exceptions, this work is focused on the impacts that might occur through...
Free speech or censorship? Social media litigation is a hot legal battleground
ABA Journal
Bloomberg QuickTake on Twitter
“"Algorithms are racist because we are racist." Data scientist @mathbabedotorg warns that, despite the appearance of fairness and objectivity, most algorithms reinforce the old biases we hoped they'd eliminate https://t.co/gZKvkLFNSN”
Mathematicians urge cutting ties with police
Over 1,500 mathematicians have signed a letter urging the community to stop working with police.
Germany to restrict Facebook's data gathering activities
Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices in Germany after a landmark ruling on Thursday that the world's largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their consent.
ACLU on Twitter
“BREAKING: We're filing a complaint against Detroit police for wrongfully arresting Robert Williams, an innocent Black man — all because face recognition technology can't tell Black people apart. Officers hauled him away in front of his kids and locked him up for 30 hours. https://t.co/84XJs0XWq...
Big Tech juggles ethical pledges on facial recognition with corporate interests
The careful wording of public pledges leaves plenty of room for oppressive uses of the technology, critics say.
'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man
Robert Williams says his driver's license photo was incorrectly matched with a wanted suspect. He says he was arrested and detained. Though the case was dropped, Williams says its effect is lasting.