The New York Times
The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You
5 min · · The 400 wealthiest Americans now pay a lower rate than the middle class. · Shared by 318, including Deborah Blum, Rand Fishkin, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Scott Galloway, Paul Irish, DHH, Aral Balkan, Nathan Yau, kate wagner (rilke era), Azeem Azhar, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Carl Zimmer, Carla Gentry 🎶, Scott McLeod, Chris Skinner, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Scott Santens, Massimo Pigliucci, Jeff Atwood, Jerry Saltz
The Guardian
Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic
3 min · · Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future · Shared by 149, including Lee Keyes, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mike Butcher, Yvette Dubel, Martina Pugliese, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Michael Grupe, dreig (Dolors Reig), 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, Dr Jim Walsh, Fern, Simon Wüthrich
The New York Times
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
7 min · · Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide. · Shared by 130, including Charles Baldwin, tektology, Martin Ford, Mike Butcher, Mathew Ingram, Craig Brown, PhD, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Michael Grupe, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Yvette Dubel, Ouriel @Zengo, Cade Metz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after
The Guardian
Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database
4 min · · In the United States, at least one in four law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology. The implications are troubling · Shared by 129, including ExApologist, Liv 😷, Fern, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Evan Selinger
The Guardian
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules
4 min · · Government told to halt use of AI to detect fraud in decision hailed by privacy campaigners · Shared by 116, including Fern, Noely ⚡️🏐, ExApologist, Faik Ersoy, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Liliane Ferrari ™, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Katja Evertz, Alex Barrera
The New York Times
Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
7 min · · A federal grand jury is looking at partnerships that gave major tech companies broad access to Facebook users’ information. · Shared by 114, including George M 🇪🇺, Mathew Ingram, Perez Hilton, DHH, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dean Anthony Gratton, Bjorn Larsen, Matt Navarra, Vikram Dutt, Tristan Nitot - nitot chez framapiaf point org, Richard Gutjahr, hernannadal, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Gerrit Eicker, Tauno, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
MIT Technology Review
The US just released 10 principles that it hopes will make AI safer
3 min · · All future AI regulations will need to clear the checklist. · Shared by 98, including Matthias Lampe, Gengo 🦁, MIT CSAIL, Carla Gentry 🎶, Bob E. Hayes, Josep M. Ganyet, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Tamara McCleary, Katja Evertz, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
VICE
Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime
2 min · · Technologists from MIT, Harvard, and Google say research claiming to predict crime based on human faces creates a "tech-to-prison pipeline" that reinforces racist policing. · Shared by 64, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Bob E. Hayes, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ian M Calvert, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
Science Magazine
Cellphone tracking could help stem the spread of coronavirus. Is privacy the price?
8 min · · Researchers strategize ways to trace infections and contacts amid data protection laws · Shared by 64, including Mark Kaigwa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Steven Crowder, Martin Enserink, Faik Ersoy, Thomas Power, Data Science Renee, AAAS, Eric Topol, Marc R Gagné MAPP
The New York Times
F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion
5 min · · If approved by the Justice Department, the settlement would be the biggest fine levied by the federal government against a technology company. · Shared by 59, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Craig Brown, PhD, Ouriel @Zengo, Forbes India, DHH, John Battelle, Bjorn Larsen, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Robin Sloan
The Guardian
Facebook sued by Australian information watchdog over Cambridge Analytica-linked data breach
1 min · · Facebook alleged to have committed serious breaches with data collected by This is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling · Shared by 54, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marc R Gagné MAPP, luis antónio santos, Katja Evertz
TechCrunch
Facebook succeeds in blocking German FCO’s privacy-minded order against combining user data
5 min · · Facebook has succeeded in blocking a pioneering order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it from combining data on users across its own suite of social… · Shared by 53, including Jon Loomer, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, Adrienne Fichter, Charles Baldwin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Neira Jones
The Guardian
Millions of Ugandans quit internet after introduction of social media tax
2 min · · Economic fears raised as online subscriptions plummet in months following launch of levy created to curb ‘gossip’ · Shared by 53, including Neeraj K Agrawal, Klaus Eck, Mathew Ingram, Mark Kaigwa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The New York Times
Trump Can’t Block Critics From His Twitter Account, Appeals Court Rules
5 min · · The decision may have broader implications for how the First Amendment applies to officials’ accounts in the social-media era. · Shared by 49, including Thomas Power, Chiemeka, Yisong Yue, Valigia Blu, Scott Monty, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
TNW
Microsoft brought book burning into the digital age — and you should be worried
4 min · · Microsoft's move, combined with Apple retiring iTunes, could result in consumers having their purchased content completely deleted without notice. · Shared by 48, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Katja Evertz, Marsha Collier