Category: 2019

The Biases We Feed to Tinder Algorithms

Algorithms, Dating Apps, Discriminatory Practices, Elo-Score, Tinder

Author: N/A; Publisher: Diggit Magazine; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how algorithms play a crucial role in overall participation in public life. When it comes to apps similar to Tinder, scholars stress the…
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Tesla Cars Store Unencrypted Data

Data Collection, Data Misuse, Data Storage, Hacking, Personally Identifiable Information, PII, Tesla

Author: Marie Weber, Lexy Kassan; Publisher: Data Science Ethics; Publication Year: 2019. The following podcast episode discusses how Tesla had a bug bounty program running in 2019 which led people to try and hack wrecked…
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Data Science Ethics

Data Presentation, Unethical Data Practices

Author: Maria Tackett; Publisher: Data Science Box; Publication Year: 2019. The following slideshow is a good resource to go through for data professionals because it’s easy to follow and makes a great point. Even well…
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(Un)voiced Consent: Voice Print Usage in U.S. Prisons

Prison Inmates, U.S. Prison System, Voice Prints, Voice Recognition Software

Author: Maria Gargiulo; Publisher: Data Science Ethics; Publication Year: 2019. The following article focuses on how in the U.S., inmates in prison are asked to repeat words and phrases to a voice recognition software under…
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Increasing Transparency in Perspective’s Machine Learning Models

Algorithms, Google, Model Transparency, Toxicity, Training Data

Author: Lucy Vasserman, John Cassidy; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how the Jigsaw team at Google analyzed Perspective API’s toxicity model, which gives toxicity scores to online comments from a variety…
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Estimating the Success of Re-Identifications in Incomplete Datasets Using Generative Models

Data Sharing, DeepMind, Deidentifying Data

Author: Luc Rocher, Julien Hendrickx, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2019. In the following article, motivated by the UK National Health Service’s decision to share de-identified data with DeepMind, the authors set out…
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What is Responsible and Sustainable Data?

Data Usage, Health Data, Sustainability

Author: Linnet Taylor, Nadezhda Purtova; Publisher: SAGE Journals; Publication Year: 2019. The following article proposes the question of how should data scientists go about making data science a sustainable practice. The authors put forth a…
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The Ethics of Data Science

Automation, Data Citizens, Decision-Making, Human Impact, Ledgers, Machine Intelligence, Micro-Targeting, Personal Data, Private Data

Author: Lee Schlenker; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article introduces the concept of data science by first stating the importance and the reach that data scientists have in the world. Data scientists help…
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China Deploys Its First Robot Traffic Police

Facial Recognition Systems, Road Patrol Robots, Security Risks

Author: Kristin Houser; Publisher: Futurism; Publication Year: 2019. The following article is about 3 “road patrol robots” that were recently released in China. These robots will be able to identify drivers using facial recognition, take…
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