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Where Do We Find Ethics?

Where Do We Find Ethics?

I was in elementary school, watching the TV live, when the Challenger exploded. My classmates and I were stunned and confused by what we…
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danah boydApr 5
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Does data-driven learning improve equity?

Does data-driven learning improve equity?

Student data matters. But it’s not all that matters.
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Mikaela PitcanMar 18
Hostile Architecture — Electronic Monitoring

Hostile Architecture — Electronic Monitoring

Enforcement of public safety and order is sometimes less about eradicating crime than it is about shuffling those deemed a risk out of…
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Alexandra MateescuFeb 12
The Point of Collection

The Point of Collection

The conceptual, practical, and ethical issues surrounding “big data” and data in general begin at the very moment of data collection…
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Mimi OnuohaFeb 10
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Ben Franklin, the Post Office and the Digital Public Sphere

Ben Franklin, the Post Office and the Digital Public Sphere

My dear friend danah boyd led a fascinating day-long workshop at Data and Society in New York City today focused on algorithmic governance…
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Ethan ZuckermanFeb 26
A Brief Survey of Journalistic Twitter Bot Projects

A Brief Survey of Journalistic Twitter Bot Projects

Twitter bots as an alternative to the article page, able to tell a story that exists only in social media feeds
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Lainna FaderFeb 26
Rise of the Peñabots

Rise of the Peñabots

Shortly after the start of his campaign during the 2012 Mexican presidential election, then-candidate Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN) rose to…
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Luis DanielFeb 24
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What is the Value of a Bot?

What is the Value of a Bot?

Bots are tools, designed by people and organizations to automate processes and enable them to do something technically, socially…
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danah boydFeb 25
On Paying Attention: How to Think about Bots as Social Actors

On Paying Attention: How to Think about Bots as Social Actors

Is a speed bump a bot?
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m.c. elishFeb 25
Our friends, the bots?

Our friends, the bots?

In the past, the bots I’ve made have primarily been a tool for exploring systems and culture. I feed the bot data or text and then design…
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Alexis LloydFeb 25
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Bots: A definition and some historical threads

Bots: A definition and some historical threads

I am a poet and artist, and I make Twitter bots. The term “bot” encompasses many different kinds of software agents, from conversation…
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Allison ParrishFeb 24
Activist Bots: Helpful But Missing Human Love?

Activist Bots: Helpful But Missing Human Love?

Political bots are everywhere, swamping online conversations to promote a political candidate, sometimes even engaging in swiftboating…But…
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Saiph SavageNov 29, 2015
What is it like to be a bot?

What is it like to be a bot?

suspending our suspicious stance towards bots, in favor of possibility
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Samantha ShoreyFeb 24
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How to Think About Bots

How to Think About Bots

A botifesto by Samuel Woolley, danah boyd, Meredith Broussard, Madeleine Elish, Lainna Fader, Tim Hwang, Alexis Lloyd, Gilad Lotan, Luis…
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Data & SocietyFeb 24
It’s not Cyberspace anymore.

It’s not Cyberspace anymore.

It’s been 20 years — 20 years!? — since John Perry Barlow wrote “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” — a rant in response to…
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danah boydFeb 5
The Case for Precise Outrage

The Case for Precise Outrage

Mechanisms matter in technology criticism.
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Karen LevyFeb 2
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