A 2024 Louisiana parole law cedes much of the parole board's power to TIGER, an algorithm with immutable risk scores, blocking thousands from early release
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release.
Investigation: some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and other AI to evict residents, sometimes for minor violations
Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents …
Analysis: targeted ad campaigns on Facebook, long criticized as invasive, have become powerful tools for health officials to persuade people to get vaccinated
Targeted ad campaigns, long criticized as invasive and divisive, have become powerful tools for health officials Tweets: @willoremus , @washingtonpost , @drewharwell , and @tracyja...
Rhett Lindsey, a former Facebook recruiter, and other Black employees involved in hiring, describe a problematic hiring process that hinders diversity goals
Jody Williams, the owner of TheDonald's domain name, explains why he pulled the plug on the pro-Trump forum that became a staging ground for the Capitol attack
The Army veteran, a site moderator who owned its domain, watched with growing alarm as racism, threats and QAnon references flourished on the pro-Trump site. Tweets: @tracyjan , @m...
Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative say Zuckerberg's philanthropy efforts are stymied by blind spots around race and a desire to appear bipartisan
Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, his $80 billion philanthropic corporation, say his efforts are stymied …
AI startups are selling images of realistic computer-generated faces, letting clients like dating apps “increase diversity” in their ads without needing people
just input your desired ethnicity and emotion. Great story from @drewharwell https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Docs and interviews show that ~44 US universities work with outside companies to data mine and rank prospective students, including tracking their web activity
using surveillance software on their websites to secretly track Web browsing activity and by collecting info on household income & zip codes to “score” potential applicants https:/...