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The answer to police violence is not ’reform’. It’s defunding. Here’s why - 4 juillet 2020
Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response
Every time protests erupt after yet another innocent black person is killed by police, “reform” is meekly offered as the solution. But what if drastically defunding the police – not reform – is the best way to (...)
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Court Corrects Flaw in UK’s Automated Benefits System - 4 juillet 2020
Ruling a Victory for Claimants’ Rights, but Problems Remain
When Rachelle, 35, a single working mother in London, received her first Universal Credit payment in March, she had a panic attack. It was far short of what she needed to pay the rent and support her two children, one of whom has a disability. “I am living (...)
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In the ’Blackest city in America,’ a fight to end facial recognition - 3 juillet 2020
Activists say facial recognition and its racial bias have no place in Detroit, a city that boasts the highest percentage of Black residents in the US.
Activists in Detroit have been waiting a long time for July 24. Since the city’s contract with DataWorks began in 2017, community members have been pushing to stop (...)
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Detroit Police Chief : Facial Recognition Software Misidentifies 96% of the Time - 2 juillet 2020
Detroit regulated facial recognition software. It’s still used only on Black people.
Detroit police have used highly unreliable facial recognition technology almost exclusively against Black people so far in 2020, according to the Detroit Police Department’s own statistics. The department’s use of the technology (...)
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Uncovered : 1,000 phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant - 2 juillet 2020
“Election” can trigger Alexa ; “Montana” can trigger Cortana.
As Alexa, Google Home, Siri, and other voice assistants have become fixtures in millions of homes, privacy advocates have grown concerned that their near-constant listening to nearby conversations could pose more risk than benefit to users. New research (...)
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Emotion Analytics Used in AI Recruitment Tools Are Not Only Unethical But Incorrect - 30 juin 2020
Research from psychologists, as well as concerns from AI experts and privacy groups, indicate that emotion analytics do not produce accurate or reliable results.
A candidate is preparing for a job interview via video. They place themselves in front of the camera, try to stay engaged, and smile throughout the (...)
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Man wrongfully arrested due to facial recognition software talks about ’humiliating’ experience - 28 juin 2020
A Black man in Detroit spent over a day in custody in January after an incorrect facial recognition match led to his wrongful arrest.
Robert Williams spent more than a day in custody at a Detroit detention center in January after an incorrect facial recognition match led to his wrongful arrest, in what the (...)
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California city bans predictive policing in U.S. first - 28 juin 2020
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California’s Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.
“Understanding how predictive policing and facial (...)
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Emotion, Gender Prediction Tech Should Be Banned from Brazil’s Metro : NGO Testifies - 26 juin 2020
Access Now, a non-profit that defends the digital rights of citizens around the world, presents an expert opinion in a lawsuit against São Paulo metro operator ViaQuatro and its use of facial categorization software to predict the age, gender and emotional state of passengers for advertisement purposes.
ViaQuatro (...)
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Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm - 26 juin 2020
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.
Note : In response to this article, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said that Robert Julian-Borchak Williams could have the case and his fingerprint data expunged. (...)
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En détournant l’app Happn, un hacker peut tracer votre chemin en temps réel - 26 juin 2020
Un chercheur français a mis au point un outil pour suivre ponctuellement les déplacements des utilisatrices et utilisateurs de l’app de rencontre Happn. Ce traçage est approximatif grâce aux protections de l’app, mais suffirait à perpétrer certains actes malveillants.
Vous acceptez peut-être de fournir vos coordonnées (...)
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Etats-Unis : un Américain noir arrêté à tort à cause de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale - 26 juin 2020
Début janvier, Robert Williams a passé trente heures en détention parce qu’un logiciel avait jugé identiques la photo de son permis de conduire et l’image d’un voleur de montres.
Un Américain noir a été arrêté à tort à cause de l’usage par la police de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale. Il s’agit de la première erreur de (...)
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Opinion | I was wrongfully arrested because of facial recognition. Why are police allowed to use it ? - 25 juin 2020
Robert Williams is a resident of Farmington Hills, Mich., and client of the American Civil Liberties Union.
I never thought I’d have to explain to my daughters why Daddy got arrested. How does one explain to two little girls that a computer got it wrong, but the police listened to it anyway ?
While I was leaving (...)
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High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach - 21 juin 2020
Video of police in riot gear clashing with unarmed protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filled social media feeds. Meanwhile, police surveillance of protesters has remained largely out of sight.
Local, state and federal law enforcement organizations (...)
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A.C.L.U. Warns Against Fever-Screening Tools for Coronavirus - 21 juin 2020
A report by the civil liberties group contends that reliance on thermal cameras and temperature-sensing guns to resume work at factories and offices and to encourage travel is flawed and intrusive.
Airports, office buildings, warehouses and restaurant chains are rushing to install new safety measures like (...)
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L’application de lutte contre le Covid-19 en Norvège, jugée trop intrusive, est suspendue - 20 juin 2020
Evoquant les risques pour la vie privée de ses utilisateurs, plusieurs organismes ont demandé à l’institut de la santé publique, chargé du projet, de revoir sa copie.
La Norvège n’a plus besoin de son application pour lutter contre le coronavirus – et face aux questions liées à la protection de la vie privée, toutes les (...)
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Who Is Responsible When Autonomous Systems Fail ? - 19 juin 2020
Elaine Herzberg was killed on the night of March 18, 2018, after she was struck by a self-driving Uber car in Tempe, Arizona. Herzberg was crossing the street with her bike when the vehicle, which was operating in its autonomous mode, failed to accurately classify her moving body as an object to be avoided. (...)
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Qui est responsable quand l’automatisation défaille ? - 19 juin 2020
Dans le cas de la mort de Elaine Herzberg par une voiture autonome d’Uber en mars 2019 (cf. « De l’imbrication algorithmique »), pour l’instant, c’est la conductrice, celle qui était chargée de surveiller la bonne marche de la voiture, qui est poursuivie par la justice… Pas Uber, ni l’État d’Arizona qui ont permis que des (...)
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Artificial Knowing : Gender and the Thinking Machine - Alison Adam - 15 juin 2020
Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world. Alison Adam admirably fills the large gap in science and technology studies by showing us that gender bias is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Her treatment of feminist epistemology, focusing on the (...)
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Amazon says ’Black Lives Matter’. But the company has deep ties to policing - 14 juin 2020
Activists say the company’s work, which includes commercial partnerships with law enforcement, harms communities of color
Amazon says ’Black Lives Matter’. But the company has deep ties to policing
Activists say the company’s work, which includes commercial partnerships with law enforcement, harms communities of (...)
