The Changing Face of Protest – Rest of World
Over the past decade, there has been a steep rise globally in law enforcement using facial recognition technology. Data gathered… read more
Love in an algorithmic age – Kaspersky Daily
We surveyed over 18,000 people in 27 countries, of whom 84% were either currently using a dating app (37%) or… read more
This is how AI image generators see the world – Washington Post
As synthetic images spread across the web, they could give new life to outdated and offensive stereotypes, encoding abandoned ideals… read more
Insurance companies have discovered devious new ways to rip you off – Business Insider
In years past, insurance policies were based largely on broad demographic categories like age and gender. Now, with the vast… read more
Fairness and Machine Learning: Limitations and Opportunities
Something else is lost in moving to automated, predictive decision making. Human decision makers rarely try to maximize predictive accuracy… read more
The dark side of generative artificial intelligence: A critical analysis of controversies and risks of ChatGPT (Wach et al., 2023)
Objective: The objective of the article is to provide a comprehensive identification and understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated… read more
SPARC Report Urges Action to Address Concerns with ScienceDirect Data Privacy Practices
Today, SPARC released Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices: An Analysis of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect. Produced in collaboration with Becky… read more
Privacy nonprofit calls on FTC to investigate Grindr’s data practices – The Record
According to EPIC, Grindr appears to store users’ private data, including photos and messages, after they delete their accounts, a… read more
Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control – Wired
Over the first nine months of this year, 113,000 videos were uploaded to the websites—a 54 percent increase on the… read more
After Researching Cars and Privacy, Here’s What Keeps Us up at Night – Mozilla Foundation
It’s worth saying again: new cars, at every price point, create and collect so much data about their owners, drivers,… read more