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The Interplay of Technology, Ethics, and Policy | Network Science Institute
November 29, 2021
This talk will be hybrid in-person and via Zoom. Register in advance here for this meeting using your institutional email…
Facebook convinced poll panel to settle on a voluntary code | Hindustan Times
by Venkat Ananth and Deeksha Bhardwaj
November 23, 2021
In the run-up to the 2019 general elections, internal Facebook documents say it managed to convince the Election Commission of…
Elihu Katz Colloquium: Is an “ethical” internet possible? | Annenberg School for Communication
November 1, 2021
How can we ethically engage a military-derived technology that has infiltrated every aspect of our lives from refrigerators to furniture?…
Big Oil Uses Newsletter Ads to Spread Misinformation Ahead of Hearing | Gizmodo
by Molly Taft and Emily Atkin
October 28, 2021
On Thursday, a cadre of Big Oil CEOs will testify at a examining whether their companies engaged in a campaign…
Applied Algorithmic Ethics | Marquette University
October 8, 2021
As algorithms increasingly automate decision-making processes, filter information flows, and mediate our social interactions, ethical concerns immediately follow. Questions of…
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…