Help inform the conversation
MediaWell relies on members of the public to submit articles, events, and research.
News on Platforms & Infrastructure
As a bevy of classic Hollywood movies has shown, truck driving is an occupation intertwined with American ideals of freedom and machismo. But technology is threatening the trucker’s traditional independence. […]
By David ZipperThis report summarizes the findings of a one-year study of online targeted advertisements. It highlights important questions and considerations regarding how online targeted ads uphold, produce, and recreate racially discriminatory […]
By Matthew Bui, Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, Charlton McilwainPEOPLE’S GUIDE TO FINDING ALGORITHMIC BIAS By all people, for all people, regardless of technical background Source: A People’s Guide to Finding Algorithmic Bias — Center for Critical Race + […]
By Center for Critical Race + Digital StudiesContent warning: This story contains description of extreme and disturbing violence, suicide, child abuse and cruelty to animals. Luis, a 28-year-old student from Colombia, works through the night moderating […]
By Niamh Mcintyre, rosie Bradbury, Billy PerrigoBefore you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements As another election season draws to a close, […]
By Jon KeeganIn the hype of A.I., we are observing a world where States are increasingly adopting algorithmic decision-making systems altogether with narratives that portray them as a magic wand to “solve” […]
By Joana Varon, Paz PenaLIVESTREAM HERE: Please RSVP for this hybrid event. Please join us on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 3:45pm for a discussion between Monika Bickert, Vice President for Content Policy at Meta, […]
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 Jr