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Technologies of Speculation - 10 novembre 2020
An inquiry into what we can know in an age of surveillance and algorithms
Knitting together contemporary technologies of datafication to reveal a broader, underlying shift in what counts as knowledge, Technologies of Speculation reframes today’s major moral and political controversies around algorithms and (...)
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Une pandémie de données ne soigne pas de la vérité - 10 novembre 2020
Le géographe américain Taylor Shelton (@kyjts) a publié dans l’excellente revue en libre accès Big Data & Society (@BigDataSoc, blog), une intéressante analyse sur les limites des politiques conduites par les données.
Chaque jour, depuis mars, nous sommes sous le joug de décomptes d’infections et de décès dus au (...)
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Chinese government biometric surveillance intensifying amid pandemic response - 6 novembre 2020
China’s use of biometrics in surveillance is continuing to increase, according to a report by Chinafile, a non-profit organization, published following analysis of over 76,000 Chinese government documents.
These documents detail the recent intensification of China’s surveillance regime amid the pandemic, aiming to (...)
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The racist business model behind Uber and Lyft - 29 octobre 2020
The apps feed a false promise of stability to immigrants and people of color. Instead, drivers receive low pay and no benefits
Uber and Lyft want you to know they aren’t racist. It’s why Uber put up billboards all over the west coast saying : “If you tolerate racism, delete Uber.” It’s why Lyft is running ads (...)
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How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients - 27 octobre 2020
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.
Black people in the US suffer more from chronic diseases and receive inferior health care relative to white people. Racially skewed math can make the problem worse. (...)
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Hacking Diversity - 22 octobre 2020
Hacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebrated for its extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surprisingly few women participate in it : rates of involvement by technologically skilled women are drastically lower in hacking communities than in industry and (...)
Peut-on hacker les inégalités comme on hacke une imprimante ? - 22 octobre 2020
Pour écrire Hacking Diversity : The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures[1] (Princeton University Press, 2020, non traduit), l’ethnographe Christina Dunbar-Hester[2] s’est penchée sur des cultures marginales au sein des mondes numériques, celles des technologies ouvertes. Elle aborde les rapports de (...)
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Looking for Race in Tech Company Ethics - Jacob Metcalf - 22 octobre 2020
In Silicon Valley, a curious job is increasingly common within tech companies : the “ethics owner,” who is responsible for designing organizational practices to instill ethics across the company. In our report Ethics Owners : A New Model of Organizational Responsibility in Data-Driven Technology Companies, we (...)
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Des limites de l’éthique numérique entre hommes blancs - 22 octobre 2020
Dans un article, le philosophe Jacob Metcalf (@undersequoiasoutl) et l’anthropologue Emanuel Moss (@MannyMoss), du Data & Society Research Institute, reviennent sur leur rapport « Ethics Owners : A New Model of Organizational Responsibility in Data-Driven Technology Companies » (.pdf) où ils ont cherché à (...)
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Derrière les écrans - Sarah T. Roberts - 21 octobre 2020
Les nettoyeurs du Web à l’ombre des réseaux sociaux
Employés par des sous-traitants aux quatre coins du monde, les modératrices et modérateurs de contenu sont les travailleurs de l’ombre chargés de purger les sites Internet, les réseaux sociaux et les applications mobiles des photos, vidéos ou commentaires abjects qui les (...)
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Automated discrimination : Facebook uses gross stereotypes to optimize ad delivery - 18 octobre 2020
An experiment by AlgorithmWatch shows that online platforms optimize ad delivery in discriminatory ways. Advertisers who use them could be breaking the law.
Online platforms are well known for the refinement of their advertisement engines, which let advertisers address very specific audiences. Facebook lets you (...)
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Les dérives du management de McDonald’s en France : sexisme, harcèlement, agressions sexuelles - 16 octobre 2020
« Mediapart » et « Streetpress » ont recueilli 78 témoignages de salariés qui décrivent un environnement où la violence professionnelle est systémique.
Une plainte avait déjà été déposée par une coalition internationale de syndicats devant l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) le 18 mai. Les (...)
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San Francisco Supervisors Must Rein In SFPD’s Abuse of Surveillance Cameras - 14 octobre 2020
Black, white, or indigenous ; well-resourced or indigent ; San Francisco residents should be free to assemble and protest without fear of police surveillance technology or retribution. That should include Black-led protesters of San Francisco who took to the streets in solidarity and protest, understanding that (...)
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Facebook to ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust - 13 octobre 2020
Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has evolved after increase in antisemitic violence
Facebook says it is updating its hate speech policy to ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.
The decision comes two years after its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said in an interview with the tech website Recode (...)
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Harcèlement sexuel à McDonald’s : le collectif McDroits demande la fin de l’impunité | Le Club de Mediapart - 12 octobre 2020
Le collectif McDroits, constitué de salarié.es de McDonald’s pour lutter contre le harcèlement et les discriminations, a lancé en août 2020 un appel à témoins auprès de travailleurs.ses de la chaine. En à peine deux mois, ce sont déjà plus de 40 témoignages accablants qui ont été récoltés. En les révélant, le collectif dénonce (...)
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Sexisme, grossophobie et harcèlement, 78 employés de McDonald’s brisent l’omerta - 12 octobre 2020
Les femmes au physique jugé disgracieux, reléguées en cuisine et moins souvent promues. Celles à forte poitrine envoyées au comptoir pour appâter le client. 78 employés accusent McDonald’s de sexisme, d’agressions ou de harcèlement. Enquête sur un système
« Je ne sais plus, j’ai des pertes de mémoire en ce moment. J’ai fait (...)
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Microsoft : After we said we’ll try to promote more Black people, the US govt accused us of discrimination - 11 octobre 2020
Microsoft : After we said we’ll try to promote more Black people, the US govt accused us of discrimination
Dept of Labor demands proof Windows giant isn’t making ’illegal race-based decisions’ in diversity pushAfter Microsoft vowed to double its number of Black and African American bosses and senior staffers, the US (...)
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Did FBI Downplay the Far-Right Politics of Stephen Paddock ? - 25 septembre 2020
After Paddock killed 58 people in 2017, the FBI said he had no political motives. The evidence demands a second look.
Three years after the worst mass shooting in recent American history, the FBI has yet to identify a motive explaining what could have driven Stephen Paddock to open fire on a crowded music (...)
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‘Aggression Detection’ Is Coming to Facial Recognition Cameras Around the World - 25 septembre 2020
Russian firm NTech Lab plans to roll emotional detection features worldwide as soon as 2021
NTech Lab, makers of Russia’s expansive real-time facial recognition surveillance system, is set to roll out “aggression detection” as well as “violence detection” features, which will flag law enforcement when the algorithm (...)
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Facebook Sued Over Kenosha Killings - 23 septembre 2020
“If Facebook won’t change their M.O., then a judge needs to tell them to enforce their own standards.”
When 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse killed two Black Lives Matter protesters (and wounded a third) in late August in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he instantly became a hero among white nationalist circles, in which the Second (...)
