New Toronto Declaration calls on algorithms to respect human rights
New Toronto Declaration calls on algorithms to respect human rights From the article: “Today in Toronto, a coalition of human rights and technology groups released …
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline This is the text of the talk I gave at the “Public Lives/Private Platform: The Politics …
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance In the previous essay of this ongoing series about Big Data, I discussed how the emotional states …
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When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them
When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them At the end of last year I started exploring issues surrounding Big …
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Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data
Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data In mid December I started a series of explorations on Big Data. I hoped to touch on often …
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Private Internet and Public Streets
Private Internet and Public Streets The peak in search for doxxing on the same week that Adrian Chen published his report Last week I published a very …
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A simplified political history of Big Data
A simplified political history of Big Data In the Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Victoria Pitts-Taylor traces the racial classification and subsequent quantifications of human beings …
Political Strategy and Buzzfeed’s analysis of “the Twitter problem”
Political Strategy and Buzzfeed’s analysis of “the Twitter problem” Wonderful GIF courtesy of Tauriq Moosa I often hear that the aggressive elements of the right do not …