Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @olaf@social.secr...
A look at potential issues in the UK's plans to revise its Investigatory Powers Act, including blocking end-to-end encryption and slowing down security updates
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Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated $112,000 to 44 tech workers in $2,500 increments, with the goal of supporting labor organizing efforts
Otavio Camargo's luck had run out, a few times. Working as a mover for the startup Lugg, the cargo van he relied on for work was stolen. Tweets: @willysolis357 , @sfchronicle , @coworkerfund , @chase...
Google says it plans to double the size of its team studying AI ethics in the coming years, as it looks to strengthen the group battered by recent controversies
Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @_jack_poulson , @alexhanna , @carissaveliz , @zeerakw , @hughhewitt , @taliaringer , @timnitgebru , @_alialkhatib , @edroso , @zoeschiffer , @parismarx ,...
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation
and offer some suggestions for how to begin fixing it. https://www.wired.com/... @techwontsaveus : “The handful of people who are benefiting from AI's proliferation are shaping the academic and public...
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation
The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here's where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. Tweets: @nin_sch , @math_rachel , @dataremixed , @emilymbender , @wire...
People who are most affected by AI decision-making should be allowed to play a central role in shaping conversations about algorithmic governance and regulation
The people who bear the risks of algorithmic systems should get to determine whether — and how — they're used. Tweets: @maria_axente and @fabiochiusi Tweets: Maria Luciana Axente / @maria_axente : Who...
In its quasi-judiciary role, Facebook Oversight Board is neutered from the start since it can not mandate codes of conduct or effectively help minimize harm
The company's new review board is designed to move slowly and keep things intact. — My late colleague, Neil Postman … Tweets: @elibietti , @elinor_carmi , @wired , @ptnoo , @k8henne , @arielbogle , ...
A book based on labor ideas from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for workers at Google, Uber, and Kickstarter to organize without a formal union
A book based on ideas associated with a labor group from the early 20th century has provided a blueprint for organizing without a union. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @nytimes , @tobiashigbie , @choffman...
Two Google employees who helped organize walkouts say they've faced demotions or dramatically changed roles, plan a town hall to share stories of retaliation
both at research institutions like @AINowInstitute, and at places like Google, which need calls for change and self-reflection from strong voices within. http://www.nytimes.com/... Kate Conger / @kate...