Digital Ethics

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.

Doing the right thing can be hard when it’s bad for business.

A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents reveals the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.

An algorithm deduced the sexuality of people on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions

BREAKING: We at ICIJ have obtained a NEW trove of highly classified Chinese govt documents, including the operations manual for China's concentration camps.I served as ICIJ’s lead reporter for the China Cables, with 17 media partners from 14 countries.https://t.co/l1mMVajLVQ— B. Allen-Ebrahimian (@BethanyAllenEbr) November 24, 2019

Employees will embrace innovation if they feel they are in control of new technologies

Accepting an award from the Anti-Defamation League, the comedian called Facebook “the greatest propaganda machine in history.”

Way back when you took your driving test and got your license, someone somewhere gave you a lecture about responsibility. Maybe it was your parents, the driving instructor, or the DMV tester. You were in charge of the car, and therefore it was your responsibility to not crash it.

This is a crib of a talk that Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave at the Online News Association conference in Austin…