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Right under our noses, the Internet’s most-used website has been getting worse.
Searching Google’s ad buying portal for “Black girls” returned hundreds of terms leading to “adult content”
The year is 1997. You’re wearing whatever people wore back then—some kind of jean jacket, I’m guessing—and talking to your friend about your new favorite movie, the recently released Mike Myers vehicle Austin Powers. You’re quoting the movie, and your friend thinks this is hilarious. Then things take a dark turn. “I…
Twitter user Dan Hirschman posts another example of search results that are — let’s just say — questionable: This is what a racist algorithm looks like. (H/T @epopppp) pic.twitter…
Rutgers researchers say gender bias and stereotypes corresponding to certain occupations are prevalent on digital and social media platforms.
Google made the link a valuable commodity, so hackers are compromising sites and then getting paid to inject links.
When you realise that most things you search for online are really boring and obvious, you soon realise you don't really need Google in your life
Data & Society advances public understanding of the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation.
WE WILL ARREST THE REVOLUTION MEMBERS [AT THE JULY 28TH MEETING][tab] "Cancel the meeting! Our cover is blown."
"Information fiduciary" works in some situations but not others.
Sam prides himself on questioning conventional wisdom and subjecting claims to intellectual scrutiny. For kids today, that means Googling stuff. One might think these searches would turn up a varie…
This text is the written version of the talk given at the Knight Media Forum conference. It was presented on February 23, 2019
If you want to see how data voids are utilized by extremists, here’s a good example. Last night a prominent conservative organization tweeted this image: Picture of a group of conservative ac…