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In this talk, Lindsey D. Felt will introduce a framework that locates disability innovation, artistry, and crip politics as central to the development of AI and technology. From M Eifler’s Prosthetic […]
Can AI be a Force for Global Public Health? From the Covid-19 pandemic to more recent outbreaks of Monkeypox and Poliovirus, wastewater surveillance technologies and their data have demonstrated the […]
Join CDT, CLASP, and I Vote for Me for a conversation on how monitoring programs increase disciplinary action and law enforcement contact. Date: November 17, 2022 Time: 2 PM – […]
On Tuesday, the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP)—a data visualization project focused on documenting urban displacement and resistance—unveiled a new tool: the Evictorbook, a database of corporate landlords in San Francisco […]
By Edward Ongweso JrTrust is not a one-size-fits-all concept. It is constructed and produced in ways that serve some communities, and exclude others. Many of our current technological systems are designed in ways […]
By Sareeta AmruteI had blinked at the aesthetic poverty of the most recent pitch for Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR game, featuring Mark Zuckerberg’s dead-eyed cartoon avatar against a visual background that one […]
By Shannon VallorIt starts with a tick box on a form. To assess the potential risk to vulnerable people, my university ethics committee asks whether a research project involves “people with a […]
By Georgia van ToornMight Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter impact next week’s U.S. midterm elections? Based on the impulsive and unprofessional behavior we’ve seen over just the past week, the answer is “yes.” […]
By Edward PerezThe Critical Digital Studies Group is hosting its first guest speaker event with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele (University of Maryland).From the Archive to TikTok: Care and Feeding as Praxis in […]
Licensed healthcare professionals on YouTube can now apply to get panels added to their videos that mark them as reliable health information sources, the company said Thursday. They’ll also be […]
By Nicole WetsmanA week before Elon Musk closed his $44 billion Twitter deal, Cassie LaBelle, a writer who is part of a transgender community on Twitter, started a Discord server. “I don’t […]
By Amanda Hoover