Category: News Article

Why the Ethical Use of Data and User Privacy Concerns Matter

Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data Collection, Data Ownership, Data Privacy, Equality, Transparency

Author: Charlie Fletcher; Publisher: Venture Beat; Publication Year: 2022. The following article investigates the importance of data privacy and ethics in a world of rising cybercrime. The author argues that now more than ever, data…
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets

Data Collection, Predictive Analytics, Pregnancy, Target, Targeted Marketing

Author: Charles Duhigg; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2012. The following article describes how every time you interact with a company, they learn and record information about you, from demographic details to shopping…
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Solution to NSA Overreach – Put People in Charge of Their Own Data

Consent, Data Governance, National Security Agency, NSA, Spying

Author: Cesar Hidalgo, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Alex Pentland; Publisher: The Christian Science Monitor; Publication Year: 2013. The following op-ed discusses how the authors call into question some of the actions taken by the National Security…
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Iran’s Sweeping Internet Blackouts are a Serious Cause for Concern

Censorship, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Iran, Iranian Government, Police Brutality, Protests, Public Access, WhatsApp

Author: Catherine Thorbecke; Publisher: CNN; Publication Year: 2022. Summary: In the following article, Thorbecke informs the public of how the Iranian government has censored the Iranian people by cutting off their access to wifi in…
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Data Feminism Presents an Intersectional Feminist Way to Think About Data Science and Ethics

Discrimination, Gender, Gender Bias, Gender Gap

Author: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein; Publisher: Ms. Magazine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how the dominant group of data scientists today are straight, white, cisgender man who has formal credentials and is…
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The Indigenous World 2021: Indigenous Data Sovereignty

COVID-19, Indigenous Peoples, Sovereignty

Author: Stephanie Russo Carroll, Tahu Kukutai, Maggie Walter; Publisher: The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA); Publication Year: 2021. The following article builds on the theme of Indigenous data sovereignty, with an additional focus…
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How Community Members in Ramsey County Stopped a Big-Data Plan from Flagging Students as At-Risk

Big Data, Child Welfare, Early Risk Factors, Juvenile Justice System, National Council on Crime and Deliquency

Author: Carrie Pomeroy; Publisher: Twin Cities Daily Planet; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how in Minnesota, community members disapproved of an initiative to share data relating to child welfare, education, the juvenile justice…
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Racial Bias in a Medical Algorithm Favors White Patients over Sicker Black Patients

Algorithmic Bias, Algorithms, Cultural Misunderstandings, Healthcare, Racial Bias, Racial Equity, Unconscious Bias

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson; Publisher: The Washington Post; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how algorithms are created with the intention of eliminating bias, such as racial bias, but there are variables that can…
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We Need to Close the Gender Data Gap By Including Women in Our Algorithms

Algorithms, Gender, Gender Bias, Gender Gap

Author: Caroline Criado Perez; Publisher: Time Magazine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article describes the way that so many aspects of our society is designed with men in mind instead of women. Examples of this…
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