Data, Tech & Black Communities

A new report suggests that the money Big Tech companies keep in the banking system can do more climate damage than the products they sell.

Is Elon Musk serious about buying Twitter? Given his track record for trolling and half-baked provocations, I doubt it. Dubious offers happen, but CEOs of...

The interpretation process can be detached from the model architecture

New research and Facebook’s own ad archive show that the company’s new system to ensure diverse audiences for housing and employment ads has many of the same problems as its predecessor.

AI won't really resemble humanoids. Instead, AI will create a world that countries and large companies can live in.

Data colonialism is similar to traditional colonialism in terms of its appropriation of human life. States thus use their ownership of data to regulate the behaviors and cultural and religious practices of minorities.

Microsoft is working on new classifiers for its Purview data governance and communication compliance solutions that will allow organizations to detect sexual harassment, money laundering, and more.

Learn about communication compliance in Microsoft Purview

As AI systems are being leveraged and scaled, frequently calls are made for, “meaningful human control” or “meaningful human interaction on the loop.” Originally an engineering term, requiring a human “in the loop” who could halt systems, the term “on the loop” or “nearby the loop” has been co-opted by policymakers in order to distance humans further from systems.

Tim O'Reilly coined the concept of Government as a Platform in this presentation and documented in this book section. He describes how traditional IT for government should become more like Facebook, Twitter and the other Internet pioneers who have been harnessing the evolution of the Cloud to become ‘platforms’, doing so for government would enable…

Exclusive: force says Project Alpha scours social media to identify offenders and fight serious violence

People of colour may be paying £250 more than White people for car insurance. We’re calling on the FCA to make sure no one pays an ‘ethnicity penalty’.

The government announces leads for independent reviews into ethnic inequalities for medical devices and tobacco control.

Data colonialism is similar to traditional colonialism in terms of its appropriation of human life. States thus use their ownership of data to regulate the behaviors and cultural and religious practices of minorities.

Companies are embracing automated video interviews to filter through floods of job applicants. But interviews with a computer screen raise big ethical questions and might scare off candidates.

How the American dream became temporary. We explore the origins of the gig economy, and what these gigs mean for workers now.

The gig economy wasn’t built in a day.

Brexit could not be more all-consuming, it is nonetheless still important for our democracy that ministers and secretaries be held accountable for their performance

The gig economy is shaping the conversation around the future of work. What does it mean? Is it real? How do we measure on-demand work and legislate for it?

National Archives will convene a taskforce to address barriers

Six modern workers on the ups and downs of juggling jobs, changing careers and being their own boss

TUC urges government to better support staff at sharp end of labour market as figures show surge in insecure jobs

The idea that workers on zero-hours workers contracts are happy is for the birds, says the Guardian columnist Larry Elliott