Proctoring companies like Honorlock that track students' keystrokes and cursor movements during exams to prevent cheating allegedly punish normal behavior
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — A Florida teenager taking a biology class at a community college got an upsetting note this year. Tweets: @zeynep , @random_walker , @pt , @...
Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students' movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — Give this article- - - Read in app Tweets: @zeynep , @random_walker , @hypervisible , @nytimestech , @_aloisi , @pt , @evanselinger , @autumm...
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups
Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day. Tweets: @willoremus , @ruchowdh , @ethicsoftech , @bostonjoan , @clancynewyork ,...
Moscow's facial recognition network, hailed by officials as an aid for catching criminals and enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, is now used to catch protesters
Bloomberg : Tweets: @biannagolodryga and @evanselinger Tweets: Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga : More than 50 people who participated in last month's protests were detained via facial recognition...
A glossary to help decode the language used by Google and Facebook to reassure the public about AI responsibility without inviting deeper scrutiny
50-ish words you can use to show that you care without incriminating yourself. — AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science. Tweets: @_karenhao , @beteropdefiets ...
Q&A with Frank Pasquale on his new book “New Laws of Robotics”, engaging with science fiction, ethics in AI, big tech, professionalism, and more
Evan Selinger / Pando : Tweets: @pandodaily , @iethics , @evanselinger , and @allison_pugh Tweets: Pando / @pandodaily : Physicians can lose their licenses if they push the interest of a pharmaceutic...
As companies start using AI-software to detect race or ethnicity, often as part of market research, researchers worry it will fuel bias and discrimination
When Revlon Inc. wanted to know what lipstick women of different races and in different countries were wearing, the cosmetics giant didn't need to send out a survey. Tweets: @georgejoseph94 , @evan_gr...
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 , ...
Imagining the future where regulations of social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism, or disinformation, and only made the platforms stronger
The way we regulated social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse. Tweets: @javierpallero , @dangillmor , @xor , ...
NY's Lockport City school district has begun implementing a controversial surveillance system with facial recognition software and a tool to identify guns
Installed in the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, controversial facial recognition systems that scan students' faces … Tweets: @evanselinger , @motherboard , @nyclu , @torproject , and @jas...