Category: Privacy
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Fear, Uncertainty, and Period Trackers
Abortion, Data Confidentiality, Digital Evidence, Electronic Data, Federal Health Privacy Law, Period Trackers, Personal Data, Third-PartyAuthor: Kendra Albert; Publisher: Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Publication Year: 2022. The following article talks about the uncertainty surrounding period trackers, and breaks down the fears behind ethical and privacy…
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The Gig Workers Fighting Back Against the Algorithms
Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the fourth story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Nadine Freischlad, an Indonesian-based journalist,…
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South Africa’s Private Surveillance Machine is Fueling a Digital Apartheid
Artificial Intelligence, Colonialism, Police Activity, Private Surveillance, South Africa, Surveillance, TrackingAuthor: Karen Hao and Heidi Swart; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the second story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Heidi Swart,…
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A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Assimilation, Colonialism, Community Data, Data Collection, Maori Language, Natural Language Processing TechnologyAuthor: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the final story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Parts 1 through 4 were…
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IBM’s Photo-Scraping Scandal Shows What a Weird Bubble AI Researchers Live In
Artificial Intelligence, Data Scraping, Facial Recognition Systems, Flickr, IBM, Instagram, New York Times, Public Data, Wall Street Journal, Web ScrapingAuthor: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how in March of 2019, NBC released a story with the headline “Facial recognition ‘dirty little secret’: Millions of online photos…
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AI is Sending People to Jail — and Getting it Wrong
Crime Information, Facial Recognition Systems, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Policing, Predictive Modeling, Underrepresented IndividualsAuthor: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following resource is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how unethical and plain incorrect use of machine learning can severely impact underrepresented…
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Data privacy concerns make the post-Roe era uncharted territory
Data Collection, Data Usage, Law Enforcement, Personal Data, Private Data, Roe v. Wade, SurveillanceAuthor: Juliana Kim; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the role of data in the post-Roe vs. Wade legal framework. Several states have limited or banned abortion since the Supreme…