Data Summit majors on ethics in data use, demonstrates diversity
The Data Lab’s Data Summit conference in Edinburgh took the ethical use of data as an over-arching theme.
Speakers included science broadcaster…
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The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem
For some experts, this transferability could lead to people losing control of their “personality” as firms take full ownership of their identity rather than…
The US Needs to Recognize Intimate Privacy as a Civil Right
Underlying Bedoya’s argument—and that of James in the Jack’d case—are the antidiscrimination principles governing modern civil rights laws. Under state and…
How to Buy Ethical and Eco-Friendly Electronics
We all love shiny new electronics. But every new smartphone or laptop comes with baggage. Weighing climate dread, terrible conditions for workers, energy…
Why Therapy Is Broken
Even for people who have the time and money to choose, it’s hard to know what to look for. In the absence of a referral or personal recommendation, many…
The Woman Who Became a Company Has Lessons for a Post-‘Roe’ World
In 2014, Jennifer Lyn Morone decided to protect her data in the only way she could as an individual: She incorporated herself. Jennifer Lyn Morone Inc.…
The Tricky Ethics of Being a Teacher on TikTok
“I don’t want any students in my videos now, absolutely not,” she says, “Whether you have 10 followers or 100,000 followers, a weird person is a weird person…
An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues
But this is far from the first time family members’ genetic material has been used to put names to unidentified remains. Scientists around the world have…
The Three-City Problem of Modern Life
But today there is a third city affecting the other two. Silicon Valley, this third city, is not governed primarily by reason (it is practically the mark of…
Ethics Commissioner says CRTC head’s beers with Bell’s Bibic not a conflict of interest
Canada’s ethics watchdog said Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) chairperson Ian Scott didn’t breach the Conflict of…