1/ If you care about surveillance, you really should listen to @geoffreyfowler on @nprfreshair discuss what he’s learned from investigating the secret life of data. https://t.co/5Pb7a0hibz Here’s why. Spoilers. Surveillance sounds scary, very Big Brother. But many surveillance— Evan Selinger (@EvanSelinger) August 2, 2019
Rohit Chopra got off on the wrong foot less than two weeks into his new job last year at the Federal Trade Commission. That was when he fired off a memo to the entire agency, including his four fellow FTC commissioners, titled “Repeat Offenders.”The memo suggested the agency was at risk of ...
Can algorithms be racist? Trump’s housing department says no
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is circulating new rules that would make it nearly impossible for banks – or landlords or homeowners insurance companies – to be sued when their algorithms result in people of color being disproportionately denied housing. The rule would overturn 50 years of precedent, upheld by the Supreme […]
The missing pieces: teaching the legal side of web development
We are creating architects who have never heard of building codes, drivers who have never heard of the Highway Code, and doctors who have never heard of the Hippocratic oath.
US Cities Are Helping People Buy Amazon Surveillance Cameras With Taxpayer Money
Documents obtained by Motherboard show that Ring uses partnership and promotional agreements in order to contractually obligate public officials to promote its products.
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Uses Gilroy Mass Shooting to Promote His App
When a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, on Sunday evening, killing at least three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding 12 others, Dilbert creator Scott Adams apparently saw a juicy marketing opportunity for his blockchain app.
Both Democrats and Republicans blast facial-recognition technology in a rare bipartisan moment
A hearing on Wednesday suggested that opposition to facial recognition technology could be the rare issue progressives and conversatives in Congress. Several members voiced worries about the technology being used here as it is currently is in China, where it contributes to the surveillance state’s systems of public monitoring and social control.
I Quit My Job to Protest My Company’s Work on Building Killer Robots
When I joined the artificial intelligence company Clarifai in early 2017, you could practically taste the promise in the air. My colleagues were brilliant, dedicated, and committed to making the world a better place.We founded Clarifai 4 Good where we helped students and charities, and we donated our software to researchers around the world whose projects had a socially beneficial goal. We were determined to be the one AI company that took our social responsibility seriously.I never could have predicted that two years later, I would have to quit this job on moral grounds. And I certainly ne...
Rashida Tlaib Backs Bill to Block Facial Recognition Tech in Public Housing
Members of the progressive "Squad" join New York's Yvette Clarke to block surveillance techniques they say infringe rights and may misidentify people of color.
Australia to 'lift veil' on Facebook, Google algorithms to protect...
Australia said it would establish the world's first dedicated office to police Facebook Inc and Google as part of reforms designed to rein in the U.S. technology giants, potentially setting a pre...