As part of World Usability Day @ Princeton University, behavioral scientist and expert in human-computer interaction Elizabeth Churchill, Director of User Experience at Google, will deliver a public talk entitled Design: Small Choices, Large Consequence.
In Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests...
Competing narratives about the impact of fake news on political participation, entrenchment of political views, the ubiquity of media environments, and anxiety in news and media consumption raise a number of interrelated tensions surrounding how new technologies, news reporting and consumption, and political...
This talk discusses how the midterm election changed the appetite for tech accountability proposals within the House. Ms. Nkonde has been working with the office of Congresswoman Clarke on issues around algorithmic bias since 2013. However Clarke, who was voted as vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce...
This talk will consider how Internet companies respond to rule violations by their users. Typically, the responses are viewed as binary: remove the content or keep it; terminate the user’s account or not. However, there are a wide range of responses in between those binary options. The talk will identify a wide range...
In 2021, state legislative and congressional districts will be redrawn. In most states, elected officials will draw new boundaries and implement them before the public has a chance to understand the maps. Precinct-level geographic election data is a critical tool for determining whether a map is fair...