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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid […]
By Patrick WhittleChild welfare agencies are actually in the family policing business. And just as with other forms of police, their analog violence is powered by digital systems. When I was giving […]
By J. Khadijah AbdurahmanAn aerial picture can tell a thousand stories. But who gets to tell them? From above the clouds, our world is surveilled and datafied. Those who control the data, control […]
By IRL PodcastThe pressure on schools to keep students safe, especially to protect them physically and support their mental health, has never been greater. The mental health crisis, which has been exacerbated […]
By Elizabeth Laird, Hugh Grant-Chapman, Cody Venzke, Hannah Quay-de la ValleeYou’ve probably noticed the title for today’s episode is super long. In case you can’t read it on your phone, it’s called “Aynne Kokas on the Intersection Between Surveillance Capitalism […]
By Democracy ParadoxWhere should tech builders draw the line on AI for military or surveillance? Just because it can be built, doesn’t mean it should be. At what point do we blow […]
By Internet Health ReportMilitaries are responding to the call. NATO announced on June 30 that it is creating a $1 billion innovation fund that will invest in early-stage startups and venture capital funds […]
By Melissa HeikkiläPolice Are Looking to Algorithms to Predict Domestic Violence Domestic abuse is a widespread problem in the United States and around the world. Violence at the hands of an intimate […]
By Colin LecherFor many people, an app malfunctioning is scarcely more than an annoyance. But for a Honduran immigrant living in Pennsylvania, a recent glitch elicited fears about the worst-case scenario: that […]
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del RioWhether a technology is “just” depends primarily on who is using it. No example makes this more apparent than police technology. Few of us typically see water hoses and dogs […]
Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’ | The New York Times
The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a person’s gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of its facial recognition tool. For years, activists […]
By Kashmir Hill