January 2022
CITP Seminar: Andy Guess – Studying the Impact of Social Media Algorithms
Policymakers and the public are increasingly interested in the effects of social media algorithms on society. In this talk some of the challenges this topic poses to researchers will be will be outlined. Two ...
February 2022
CITP Seminar: Danny Rogers – Disinformation and Its Threat to Democracy
We are at a watershed moment in the history of information. The internet has given historically underrepresented voices unprecedented access to tools for self-expression, new platforms to build communities, and ...
CITP Seminar: Michael Madaio – Towards Human-Centered Design of Responsible AI
Despite widespread awareness that AI systems may cause harm to marginalized groups—and in spite of a growing number of principles, toolkits, and other resources for fairness and ethics in AI—new examples emerge every day ...
CITP Seminar: Ryan Calo – Modeling Through
Theorists of justice have long imagined a decision-maker capable of acting wisely in every circumstance. Policymakers seldom live up to this ideal. They face well-understood limits, including an inability to anticipate the ...
CITP Seminar: Ethan Zuckerman – The Good Web: Competing Visions for the Future of Social Media
Between the US Capitol Insurrection - broadcast and organized online - and Frances Haugen's revelations about the inner workings of Facebook, 2021 was a rough year for social media. Many social media observers ...