Data & Society and the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law have collaborated to publish two papers with recommendations around human rights and algorithmic impact assessments. In the paper “Recommendations for Assessing AI Impacts to Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of L … | Continue reading
The Challenges of Building Healthy Tech for Young People | Continue reading
Labor Under Digital Surveillance | Continue reading
On March 25, 2021, Data & Society will host an academic workshop on public-sector data infrastructures. | Continue reading
The Four Myths of Healthy Tech | Continue reading
On Friday, May 29, André Brock will employ Black Twitter as an exemplar of Black cyberculture. | Continue reading
"Data Voids" demonstrates how manipulators expose people to problematic content by exploiting search-engine results. | Continue reading
Data Craft analyzes how bad actors manipulate metadata to create effective disinformation campaigns and provides tips for researchers and technology companies trying to spot this “data craft.” | Continue reading
Researchers who investigate sensitive topics may face online harassment, social shaming, or other networked forms of abuse. In addition to potential impacts on the researcher’s reputation and mental health, fear of harassment may have a chilling effect on the type of research tha … | Continue reading
"Alternative Influence" by Rebecca Lewis identifies an alternative media system on YouTube that adopts the techniques of brand influencers to build audiences and “sell” them political ideology. | Continue reading
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas | Continue reading
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas | Continue reading
New Data & Society ethnographic study illuminates conservative methods of fact-checking media; warns that search engines may facilitate disinformation | Continue reading
Algorithmic Accountability examines the process of assigning responsibility for harm when algorithmic decision-making results in discriminatory and inequitable outcomes.The primer–originally prepared for the Progressive Congressional Caucus’ Tech Algorithm Briefing–explores the t … | Continue reading