Digital Ethics

Artificial intelligence (AI) and face recognition technology is being used for the first time in job interviews in the UK to identify the best candidates.

I was beginning to think Foucault’s writings on the “disciplinary society” were becoming irrelevant. But then my niece started the 5th grade. Her teachers add and subtract behavioral points in an app shared with her mom. Note that she lost a point for using the restroom today. pic.twitter.com/3nXJ9Mdbyo— Josh Seim (@JoshSeim) September 27, 2019

An investigation into the politics of training sets, and the fundamental problems with classifying humans.

Consumer surveillance cameras are everywhere now, and they’re capturing moments we otherwise would never have known happened.

Standard Cognition will deploy its cashierless tech at a minor league baseball stadium retail venue in the next two years.

Google took out some print ads. Firefox isn't feeling it.

The FTC Facebook agreement reminded me of a question I asked Facebook at the #ARDPPC Ghana after they advised they had 150 million users in Africa (FYI 98% access FB via mobile in Africa). I asked why Facebook changed the Terms of Service for African users from Ireland to the US https://t.co/WDY5IlINdC— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) July 25, 2019

What a new art book on surveillance reveals about the current state of mass monitoring.

Don’t let unethical leadership define the limits of your work

Ethics is not the answer when our norms and rights are violated. Rule of law must prevail in regulating #ArtificialIntelligence. We need meaningful access to information, oversight and research in the public interest, @MarietjeSchaake #tptalks2019— Fanny Hidvegi (@infofannny) September 19, 2019

Each year, Blind people who upgrade to the new version of iOS face severe accessibility bugs. Those of us who know to be cautious check this thorough, reliably accounting before we decide whether the update is worth our annual double-dose of friction https://t.co/Hcc5BKaVQd— 🌈ChanceyFleet🙈🍏 (@ChanceyFleet) September 19, 2019

iOS 13 will be released to the public on 19 September, 2019. This post contains details of the VoiceOver and braille bugs which we believe to have been introduced in iOS 13; as well as details of the pre-existing bugs which we believe have been resolved.

The Met is taking part in a cutting-edge project that aims to prevent live streaming of terrorist and firearms attacks across the world.

Let’s face the truth. We are in an abusive relationship with our phones.

The concept of the “Internet of things” refers to the spread of Internet connectivity to everyday devices: phones, tablets, alarm clocks, cars,

Data & Society Researchers Jacob Metcalf, Emanuel Moss, and Founder and President danah boyd investigate the tensions that arise when adapting ethics initiatives at Silicon Valley tech companies. "By talking with people who are at the forefront of thinking through ethics from within the technol

Exclusive: Job has left some ‘addicted’ to extreme material and pushed others to far right

Hundreds of computer servers worldwide that store patient X-rays and MRIs are so insecure that anyone with a web browser or a few lines of computer code can view patient records. One expert warned about it for years.

To my fellow Googlers, I want to start by saying that my nearly five years at Google have been the happiest years of my life.

We cannot allow politicians to politicize medical treatments that are necessary to save lives.

The first public details of the secret voice analysis project emerged in a job advert seeking a £20-an-hour intelligence officer to work on the scheme at the NCA's headquarters in Vauxhall, South London.

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.

Streaming services like Spotify offer up family plans which allows multiple users to enjoy a subscription at the same time at a cheaper rate. This is...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals shot down LinkedIn's claim that a company that was using its public facing data was violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

The @babylonhealth Chatbot has descended to a whole new level of incompetence, with #DeathByChatbot #GenderBias.Classic #HeartAttack symptoms in a FEMALE, results in a diagnosis of #PanicAttack or #Depression.The Chatbot ONLY suggests the possibility of a #HeartAttack in MEN! pic.twitter.com/M8ohPDx0LX— Dr Murphy (@DrMurphy11) September 8, 2019

A shockingly simple workaround allows your followers to share private photos and videos posted to both Facebook and Instagram.

Regulators are growing more concerned about company’s impact on smaller companies striving to compete in Google’s markets