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 ,...
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights”
but Facebook will ignore because Facebook is Facebook and will always be Facebook for as long as Facebook is allowed to decide what Facebook shouldn't and shouldn't do on Facebook. https://www.nytimes...
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Zoom's popularity has taken off … Tweets: Brad Lander / @bradlander : This is a terrible decision @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor. Our teachers, students, and families have put in massive amounts of work t...
An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public
The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint — From iPhones and Snapchat filters … Tweets: @calsunday , @joejerome , @calsunday , @calsunday , @privacyproj...
Facebook's team for fighting fraudulent app developers and advertisers scores an early win after settling with a New Zealand firm selling fake Instagram likes
Tony Romm / Washington Post : Tweets: @tonyromm and @joejerome Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: Facebook has a team now that brings cases vs app devs and advertisers who defraud users or the plat...
Leaked documents from surveillance company Perceptics show its pitch to New York's MTA on how it could automatically track and profile vehicles and drivers
Just months before millions of its internal documents were stolen and dumped on the internet, the Tennessee-based surveillance company Perceptics … Tweets: @samfbiddle , @theintercept , @rogerdhodge ,...
A look at the rising use of surveillance technologies by companies to monitor their employees in the workplace
Ellen Sheng / CNBC : Tweets: @cal_cpa , @joejerome , @sundeep , @jeffreyvc , and @prianka2808 Tweets: CalCpa / @cal_cpa : Some companies track data about employees' movement, computer use, and email ...