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Dr. Casey Fiesler (Colorado Boulder) on Three Lessons Towards Ethical Tech | Barnard Vagelos Computational Science Center
October 8, 2021
Hardly a day passes without a new technology ethics scandal--from privacy violations on social media platform to biased algorithms to…
Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook whistleblower claims | The Guardian
by Dan Milmo
October 6, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at the testimony of the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, saying her claims the company puts…
Tech Whistleblowing: Resources, Ramifications, & Resiliency | NetGain Partnership
August 19, 2021
Tech sector whistleblowers have played an increasingly vital role in exposing racism and toxic workplace environments, algorithmic bias, and other…
How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity | The Conversation
by Sarah Joseph and Gregory Dore
July 29, 2021
Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s…
The Future of Platform Accountability: Research, Ethics, and Racial Justice | NetGain Partnership
July 21, 2021
A discussion on how platform research to address mis/disinformation should be approached through a race-based lens, new platform research solutions…
Nothing is Free: The Cost to Civil Society of Online Inequity, Disinformation, Hate, and Surveillance | Charlemont Forum
July 21, 2021
Jessica J. González is Co-CEO of Free Press, an organization dedicated to “saving net neutrality, achieving affordable internet access for…
Transatlantic data flows: What’s next after the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield? | The Brookings Institution
July 21, 2021
As digitization increasingly shapes the scope of U.S. international trade, regulations and policies regarding cross-border data transfers carry significant economic…
The bleak Hollywood masterpiece that attacked ‘fake news’ | BBC Culture
by Mark Allison
May 27, 2021
In January 1925, experienced cave explorer Floyd Collins became trapped 55ft (16.7m) underground in Kentucky. William Miller, a reporter from…
Journalism trainees ‘need training’ to handle online abuse | Press Gazette
by Charlotte Tobitt
May 18, 2021
It is “necessary” to better prepare journalism trainees for the realities of increasingly “vile” online abuse they could face, according…