Data Ethics Repository

Tag: Advocacy

Fellowship Recipient Uses Data Science to Fight for LGBTQ Rights

Advocacy, Data Extraction, Discrimination, LGBTQIA+, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: N/A; Publisher: Berkeley School of Information; Publication Year: 2019. The following article talks about how one student is using data science to better the world. Master of Information and Data Science student and 2019…
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How Artificial Intelligence can Help Combat Systemic Racism

Advocacy, Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration, Facial Recognition Systems, Systemic Inequity, Systemic Racism

Author: Scott Murray; Publisher: MIT News; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how facial recognition algorithms have been known to be less accurate when detecting darker-skinned individuals, resulting in harmful bias and wrongful use.…
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