Author: lnbressa

Differential Privacy at the U.S. Census

Data Privacy, Differential Privacy, Encryption Key, Transparency, U.S. Census

Author: Simson Garfinkel, Kyle Polich; Publisher: Data Skeptic; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode features an interview with Simson Garfinkel who talks about his work with the U.S. Census and how they have changed…
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A New Study Finds a Potential Risk with Self-Driving Cars: Failure to Detect Dark-Skinned Pedestrians

Algorithms, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Racial Bias, Self-Driving Cars, Uber

Author: Sigal Samuel; Publisher: Vox; Publication Year: 2019. The following article talks about the self-driving Uber cars. It points to a very important ethical issue in data science i.e. the issue that self-driving Uber cars…
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Why It’s So Damn Hard to Make AI Fair and Unbiased

Fairness, Statistics

Author: Sigal Samuel; Publisher: Vox; Publication Year: 2022. The following article introduced the idea of bias in a statistical sense and how bias is interpreted in society. This is an important distinction to recognize and…
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Why Ethics are Important in Data Science

Algorithms, Modeling

Author: Sibren Isaacman; Publisher: Loyola University – Maryland; Publication Year: 2018. The following article presents a reality that most data scientists will not be able to actually see the affect of their model or algorithm…
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Capitol Records Drops ‘Offensive’ AI Rapper FN Meka After Outcry Over Racial Stereotyping

Factory Now, FN Meka, Racism

Author: Sian Cain; Publisher: The Guardian; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, FN Meka highlights the importance of considering marginalized communities when making decisions involving data. FN Meka was immediately met with backlash by…
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Data Ethics? Not My Problem, Say 42% of UK Data Workers

Apple, Data Lifecycle, Goldman Sachs, Moral Responsibility, Personally Identifiable Information

Author: Shubnam Sharma; Publisher: UKTN; Publication Year: 2021. In the following article, data ethics deals with the moral obligations of gathering, protecting, and using personally identifiable information, and how it affects individuals. Upon surveying 1,000…
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Data Science Meets Law

Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Lawyer

Author: Shlomi Hod, Karni Chagal-Feferkorn, Niva Elkin-Koren, Avigdor Gal; Publisher: Communications of the ACM; Publication Year: 2022. The following article explains ways that data science is meeting the legal space and how lawyers are being…
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Case Study: An Ethics Case Study of HIV Prevention Research on Facebook: The Just/Us Study

Facebook, Sexual Education Programming

Author: Sheana S. Bull, PhD, Lindsey T. Breslin, MSSW, Erin E. Wright, MA, Sandra R. Black, DVM, Deborah Levine, MA, John S. Santelli, MD; Publisher: Journal of Pediatric Psychology; Publication Year: 2011. In the following…
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An Introduction to Data Ethics

Amazon, FAANG Companies, Google, Meta, Netflix

Author: Shannon Vallor, William J Rewark; Publisher: Santa Clara University; Publication Year: N/A. The following article provides a deep dive into the risks and benefits that data can present. After that, the authors talk about…
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