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Simple Analysis of Police Policies in the U.S.
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Author: Trisha Sanghal, Coco Sun, and Sina Ghandian; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses findings regarding policies related to deaths caused by police departments. Is crime a predictor for violent force policies? Well, researchers found that violent crime does not explain restrictive policy. While policing is a complicated topic, this does point…
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Amazon Shares Ring Doorbell Footage with Law Enforcement, Sometimes Without the User’s Permission
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Author: Sarah Lynch; Publisher: Fast Company; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Amazon shared Ring footage with authorities 11 times this year without the user’s knowledge or consent. While their guideline is to notify users, Amazon “reserves the right to respond immediately to urgent law enforcement requests for information in cases involving imminent…
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5 Ways AI Bias Hurts Your Business
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Author: Mary Pratt; Publisher: TechTarget; Publication Year: 2021. The following article features artificial intelligence (AI) experts who pointed to a Microsoft-designed chatbot called Tay as an example of how bias works and how it can hurt a business. Microsoft used machine learning and natural language processing technologies to create Tay, a chatbot meant to learn…
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What the Data Say About Police Brutality and Racial Bias — and Which Reforms Might Work
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Author: Lynne Peeples; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how with recent police brutality acts, many have been fighting for the past years on the need for better data on the force used by police in the United States. The government, researchers, and media have been collecting data to better understand frequency…
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AI is Sending People to Jail — and Getting it Wrong
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Author: 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 individuals. In the article, the author describes various ways law enforcement agencies use predictive modeling to improve the efficiency of…
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Data privacy concerns make the post-Roe era uncharted territory
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Author: 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 Court overturned Roe in June. The reversal of Roe and subsequent restriction of abortion has opened the door to the…
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How Can Data Science Fight Social Injustice?
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Author: James Nelson; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article delves into the divide between law enforcement and the communities that they are entrusted with protecting, and suggests that data science is a possible solution to bridge that gap. Kaggle ran a “Data Science of Good: Center for Policing Equity” competition in which data…
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The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age: Report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Author: N/A; Publisher: United Nations Human Rights Council; Publication Year: 2021. The following report from the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner identifies Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its widespread use as a threat to human rights, specifically to privacy, worldwide. This report cites examples of violations in law enforcement, distribution of public benefits, hiring, and managing…
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Precrime Unit
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Author: Barry Lam; Publisher: Hi-Phi Nation; Publication Year: 2019. The following podcast episode explores how the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase efficiency in all walks of life has found its way into the world of policing. Barry Lam discusses the case of predictive policing in Los Angeles, showing us the various…
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Ethics of Data Collection: Is Your Data Ethically Resourced?
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Author: Aren Carpenter; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how data protection and usage protections for users and consumers have been a hot topic in recent years, and there are many examples of issues that have arisen for certain companies. While data collection can be used for good, there are still challenges.…
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