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VISUALIZE JUSTICE: THE INTERSECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ADVOCACY Led by Deborah Espinosa Online | Tuesdays 4-6pm (PST) | June 7 – 28, 2022 In a supportive and non-judgmental environment, students […]
Join this discussion about the takeaways from All Tech Is Human’s latest report on AI & Human Rights! You will hear from the All Tech Is Human team plus our […]
More than 40 Democratic members of Congress called on Google to stop collecting and retaining customer location data that prosecutors could use to identify women who obtain abortions. “[W]e are […]
By Jon Brookin, Ars TechnicaAcademic and public debates are increasingly concerned with the question whether and how algorithmic decision-making (ADM) may reinforce social inequality. Most previous research on this topic originates from computer science. […]
By Frederic Gerdon, Ruben L Bach, Christoph Kern, Frauke KreuterThe Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) welcomes the unanimous approval by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of a policy statement that underscores education technology vendors’ responsibilities under the Children’s […]
By Cody VenzkeCall for Abstracts: Race, Ethnicity, Technology & Elections – Defining Problems, Developing Solutions In order to submit an abstract, please complete the form available here. Even as the 2022 U.S. […]
By Tech Policy PressDISCO Network Co-Principal Investigators Lisa Nakamura, Rayvon Fouché, Remi Yergeau, André Brock, Stephanie Dinkins, and Catherine Knight Steele will come together in a panel discussion to address current trends and […]
What do Russian protesters have in common with Twitter users freaked out about Elon Musk reading their DMs and people worried about the criminalization of abortion? It would serve them […]
By Afsaneh RigotIn an age of virtual connectivity and increased reliance on the internet for daily functions, including by marginalized groups, can companies and technologists reframe their features or standards to support […]
By Afsaneh RigotDate: June 16, 2022 Join the Digital Rights Job Fair Meet leading organizations at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice, working on the most important issues facing […]
By Digital Rights Job FairIn June 2021, Alita, a trans woman living in Saudi Arabia, saw a hashtag trending on Twitter that translated roughly to “a space for hatred of religion.” In a Twitter […]
By Andrew Deck, Emily Fishbein, and Eve Glatsky