Racism needs explicit discussion rather than ignoring it as a factor

We are living through a new transformation of work. We are living in an Amazonian Era. The ethos, practices and business models that emerged within the gig economy have been packaged up and made available for download to the furthest corners of our essential services, reshaping the lives of millions of workers across Britain.

Internet and social media companies are the public squares of the modern day. But our online public squares are at risk.

The number of people working for gig economy platforms has near-tripled in England and Wales over the past five years, according to new research published by the TUC today (Friday).

In Indonesia, unofficial apps let delivery drivers filter orders and spoof their GPS location to beat the algorithms at their own game.

Genetic genealogists like CeCe Moore are cracking cold cases and transforming policing. As DNA analysis redefines ancestry and anonymity, what knowledge should we be permitted to unlock?

Schools using facial recognition systems should consider less intrusive ways to let pupils pay for meals, the UK's data privacy watchdog has said.

Police officers in South Wales and Gwent are to become the first in the UK to develop and use technology to identify wanted individuals in real time through a new facial recognition app on their mobile phones.

There are fears that robot interviews by webcam that judge candidates on the way they speak will stop well-qualified youngsters from less privileged families getting jobs

Analysis: issues with some gadgets could contribute to poorer outcomes for women and people of colour

This week Human Rights Watch published a much-needed comment on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation. As governments increasingly resort to AI systems to administer social security and public services more broadly, there is an ever-greater need to analyse the impact on fundamental rights and the broader public interest.

‘It’s very important the government proceeds with extreme caution with any broader sharing of data’

Facebook and Amazon are distancing themselves from facial recognition software - so why isn't Uber and TfL?

The U.K. government has terminated a controversial data-sharing agreement with U.S. tech firm Palantir following criticism from privacy campaigners.

The vast majority of victims weren’t even T-Mobile customers. Now their information is for sale on the dark web.

ODI maps work being undertaken on equality data across the UK government

A sweeping AI has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse. With the creeping privatisation of our National Health Services, could the U.K. see similar opaque algorithms creating barriers here?

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Good interoperability policy should put the user front and center: data sharing must only happen with a user’s opt-in consent, and only for purposes that directly benefit the user.

Demands to welcome cops at Pride amount to a collective hallucination, as if the policing of gender and sexuality by the state was a thing of the past.

The NYPD uses biometric technologies such as facial recognition to identify crime suspects, but dark-skinned people are misidentified 40% of the time. To imagine a future where we don't deploy facial recognition & policing, #ForFreedoms & @ai4theppl launched #HeartRecognition: pic.twitter.com/5dnmxZAFLv— For Freedoms (@forfreedoms) June 21, 2021

Workplace challenges posed by new technology could be answered by very traditional solutions. "Nevertheless, there is also substantial historical evidence that technological changes tend to affect lower-paid and lower-qualified workers more than others. This suggests there are likely to be unequal effects that cause disruption for some people or places more than others,"

New automatic extraction of data from GP-held patient records, due to come into force next month, are ‘far bigger’ and ‘more intrusive’ than care.data, GP privacy campaigners have warned.

Digital vaccine passports are novel technologies, built on uncertain and evolving science. By creating infrastructure for segregation and risk scoring at an individual level, and enabling third-parties to access health information, they bring profound risks to individual rights and concepts of equity in society.

Exclusive: Equalities watchdog tells government documents could create ‘two-tier society’

Guardian analysis shows young black workers hit disproportionately hard by Covid pandemic

The Data Services & Analytics has data on 650 million people and has been accused of creating a “super database”

Enterprise section ‘laughably simplistic’ and looked to TV programme Dragons’ Den for answers