Category: 2020

Is Big Tech Setting Africa Back?

Colonialism, Data Usage, Smart Regulation

Author: Nima Elmi; Publisher: Foreign Policy; Publication Year: 2020. The following article looks into the way data is used as a modern tool for colonialism and argues that smart regulation cannot be the only tool…
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AlgorithmWatch Forced to Shut Down Instagram Monitoring Project After Threats from Facebook

Algorithms, Facebook, Instagram, Social Media, Transparency, User Privacy

Author: Nicolas Kayser-Bril; Publisher: AlgorithmWatch; Publication Year: 2020. The following article attempts to explore what drives the Instagram algorithm’s recommendations on people’s timelines led to a serious response form Facebook looking to shut it down.…
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SAM: The Sensitivity of Attribution Methods to Hyperparameters

Explainability, Machine Learning, Training Data, Transparency

Author: Naman Bansal, Chirag Agarwal, Anh Nguyen; Publisher: N/A; Publication Year: 2020. The following article provides examples and an accompanying talk that illustrates how in many classification machine learning systems, even more explainable models, not…
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Misleading Statistics & Data: How to Protect Yourself Against Bad Statistics

Creditable Data, Information Presentation, Misleading Statistics

Author: Hassan Ud-deen; Publisher: Klipfolio; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is about the severity of misleading statistics and how to avoid them. The first of these ways is to get creditable data. The second…
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Algorithms Are Making Economic Inequality Worse

Algorithms, Economic Inequality, Gig Laborers, Surveillance, Worker Exploitation

Author: Mike Walsh; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how the algorithms we design can be used to exploit workers and create an underclass of gig laborers who have no…
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Ethical Algorithm Design Should Guide Technology Regulation

Algorithmic Bias, Machine Learning

Author: Michael Kearns, Aaron Roth; Publisher: Brookings; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is focused on frameworks for thinking about algorithmic bias and how to address the “unanticipated consequence of following the standard methodology of…
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The Evolution of Data Ethics in Clinical Research and Drug Development

Advanced Analytic Techniques, Biometric Data, Clinical Research, Data Sourcing, Drug Development, Real World Data

Author: Melissa Heidelberg; Publisher: Ethics, Medicine and Public Health; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how the usage of advanced analytic techniques has revolutionized countless industries, and the clinical research and drug development industry…
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On IBM Leaving the Facial Recognition Industry

Artificial Intelligence, Clearview, Facial Recognition Systems, IBM, New York Police Department, South Wales Police

Author: Martin Barakov; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how racial recognition technologies have been criticized for their lack of usefulness and ability to generate true positives for years now. This article…
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The Basics of Ethical Data Management for Technologists

Data Policies, Data Practices, Data Security, Ethical Data Usage, Google

Author: Mark Feffer; Publisher: Dice; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses ethical data usage in the real world. There are many opportunities for employees of a particular company to view detailed data on an…
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