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The Social Life of Algorithmic Harms
The Social Life of Algorithmic Harms
The Social Life of Algorithmic Harms
This series of essays seeks to expand our vocabulary of algorithmic harms — and with it, our capacity to defend ourselves against them.
Data & Society
Feb 15, 2023
Algorithms’ Transparency Problem is Everyone’s Problem
Algorithms’ Transparency Problem is Everyone’s Problem
Without meaningful transparency, enforcement of any civil or consumer rights is nearly impossible.
Ben Winters
May 10, 2023
We Need to Talk About “Digital Ageism”
We Need to Talk About “Digital Ageism”
Bridging critical gerontology and data and information scholarship is a win-win.
Agrigorovich
Mar 29, 2023
How Algorithms Are Harming Child Welfare Agencies and the Kids They Serve
How Algorithms Are Harming Child Welfare Agencies and the Kids They Serve
Algorithms have added more barriers to the evidence-based decision-making children in the care of these agencies so badly need.
Devansh Saxena
Apr 12, 2023
How Recidivism Risk Assessments Impede Justice
How Recidivism Risk Assessments Impede Justice
These tools illustrate the kinds of insidious algorithmic harms that rarely make headlines
Dasha Pruss
Apr 12, 2023
Algorithmic Harms and Algorithmic Wrongs
Algorithmic Harms and Algorithmic Wrongs
The language of harms and wrongs helps us understand what constitutes algorithmic harm, and how to address it.
Nathalie DiBerardino
Feb 15, 2023
Algorithmically embodied emissions: algorithmic harm and climate change
Algorithmically embodied emissions: algorithmic harm and climate change
by Jutta Haider and Malte Rödl
Jutta Haider
Feb 28, 2023
When Things Go Beep in the Night
When Things Go Beep in the Night
The AI system that is keeping me alive is ruining my life.
Laura Forlano
Mar 15, 2023
A New Framework for Coming to Terms with Algorithms
A New Framework for Coming to Terms with Algorithms
Reflections on terms of service, gender equity, and chatbots
Bogdana Rakova
May 24, 2023
Toward a Mindful Digital Welfare State
Toward a Mindful Digital Welfare State
Toward a Mindful Digital Welfare State
This project is a collaboration between Postdoctoral Scholar Ranjit Singh and Research Analyst Emnet Tafesse with the AI on the Ground…
Ranjit Singh
Dec 8, 2021
Datafying Islamophobia in Catalonia
Datafying Islamophobia in Catalonia
Entire Muslim communities are targeted and surveilled by an expanding “preventive” sociotechnical system
Aitorjimenezg
Nov 23, 2022
Digitization, Data, and Distrust in Jamaica
Digitization, Data, and Distrust in Jamaica
The rollout of the country’s National Identification System raises questions about how to address a digital trust deficit.
Kimberley D. McKinson
Nov 8, 2022
Toward a Social-Relational Model of Digital Disability Classification
Toward a Social-Relational Model of Digital Disability Classification
We need a system that can capture and respond to complexity in ways that place human needs at the center of technological design.
Georgia van Toorn
Oct 25, 2022
The Human Bots Who Power Parasite Platforms
The Human Bots Who Power Parasite Platforms
Brazil’s click farms promise easy money, but mostly replicate the problems of informal work.
Data & Society
Sep 27, 2022
An Intersectional Approach to Digital Humanitarianism
An Intersectional Approach to Digital Humanitarianism
Three lessons from Lebanon
Jenna Imad Harb
Jun 8, 2022
Blockchain for Refugees
Blockchain for Refugees
Blockchain-based digital wallets were meant to empower refugee women. The reality was more complicated.
Margie Cheesman
Jun 8, 2022
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