Digital Ethics

As the US heads toward a crucial and contentious presidential election, the world's largest social network is facing an unprecedented cultural crisis.

Public concerns about #AI dangers are warranted, so what can companies do to guard against improperly developed or used #ArtificialIntelligence? Gartner analyst Ben Hertzberg offers lessons learned from one company’s use of an external #AIEthics board to embed representation, transparency and accountability into AI development decisions. Read more: #MachineLearning #GartnerDA #CDO

The role of nonfictional and fictional media in suicide contagion has been well established, ostensibly beginning with the publication of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774. In recent deca...

There is increasing evidence that the Internet and social media can influence suicide-related behavior. Important questions are whether this influence poses a significant risk to the public and how public health approaches might be used to address the ...

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

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.

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...

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.

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 has been exposed over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by Unwanted Witness Uganda. The civil society organization has today...

When the public is focusing on a technology instead of a holistic solution to address complex policy issues, technology theatre is working.

Apps that harvest data, dark web marketplaces, and state surveillance are just some of the dangers LGBTQ people have to think about online.

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 Workshop. Contribute to adobe-inclusive-design/id-workshop development by creating an account on GitHub.

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.

Newly-released documents expose more explicitly the details of IBM's pivotal role in the Holocaust.

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.

It comes amid calls for the government to act on a two-year-old promise to make the practice illegal.

Influence operation promoted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and attacked his rivals

Top uni takes action after El Reg highlights concerns by academics

Report warns that the social media company may be “driving people toward self-reinforcing echo chambers of extremism.”

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

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.

Domestic workers have been illegally sold via Instagram and other apps on Google and Apple's stores.

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

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...

ABA Journal

“"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”