Category: Frameworks
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Differential Privacy at the 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
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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Case Study: An Ethics Case Study of HIV Prevention Research on Facebook: The Just/Us Study
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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Twitter Whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko Testifies to Congress
Author: Shannon Bond, Raquel Maria Dillon; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a recent Senate hearing in which Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testified before Congress, bringing…
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The Murky Ethics of Data Gathering in a Post-Cambridge Analytica World
Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Customer Information, European Union, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Marketing, Personal InformationAuthor: Sarah Steimer; Publisher: American Marketing Association; Publication Year: 2018. The following article pertains to the ethical use of customers’ information in marketing campaigns. The article starts by explaining that Cambridge Analytica hired an individual…
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The Moral Dilemmas Behind Developing Self-Driving Vehicles
Author: Sarah Koa; Publisher: KrASIA; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the benefits of self-driving cars range from increased mobility to efficiency and convenience. These cars can also reduce crashes, lower carbon emissions,…
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Ethical and Legal Challenges of Artificial Intelligence-Driven Healthcare
Author: Sara Gerke, Timo Minssen, and Glenn Cohen; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is dense, but its biggest takeaway is the impact of getting things wrong is extremely high…
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Data Ethics Unit to Probe Impact of Music-Streaming Algorithms
Author: Sam Trendall; Publisher: Public Technology; Publication Year: 2022. The following article details a probe by the United Kingdom’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), a government unit dedicated to promoting ethical use of…