🧩 Rethinking Data: There Are Other Options 🧩

AI doesn’t have to exploit. In the latest Internet is Crack episode, Anita Say Chan discusses DAIR (Timnit Gebru), Algorithmic Justice League (Joy Buolamwini), and community-driven visions for ethical data.
We also unpack how misuse fuels inequality and harms vulnerable groups.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#AI #TechEthics #DataJustice #DigitalRights #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

Why does hate speech thrive online? Because it’s profitable.

On The Internet is Crack, Anita Say Chan explains how platforms profit from outrage and disinformation — fueling division, harming youth mental health, and amplifying extreme rhetoric.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#HateSpeech #SocialMediaEthics #DataJustice #TechEthics #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Monetization

AI Is Already Costing Jobs — This Year’s Grads Are Feeling It

Firms are cutting roles in anticipation of an AI-driven future. Anita Say Chan joins us to talk about the long history — and present dangers — of data misuse, bias, and marginalization in tech.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#AIJobs #TechEthics #DataJustice #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

The age of “do no evil” is over.

From “do no evil” to ruthless data extraction—Dr. Anita Say Chan traces how tech’s anti-human turn is fueling harm, inequality, and ethical collapse.

🎧 https://youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#TechEthics #DataJustice #TheInternetIsCrack #AnitaSayChan #AIandSociety #podcast

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/the-federal-government-cut-64-million-in-grants-at-uva-heres-what-it-means-for-the-community/

#foodsecurity #farming #UVA #Virginia #charlottesville #cville #USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

Shared from post by @Lyle

**AI is rewriting the rules of lending — but is it fair?**
From hidden bias to black-box decisions, the future of credit might depend on the questions we ask _now_.
<https://mercurysecurity.io/ai-in-lending-innovation-or-injustice>
#AI #Fintech #DigitalEthics #BiasInAI #FairLending #DataJustice

💡 How AI Learns Old Bias—and Spreads It

This week on The Internet Is Crack, Dr. Suresh Venkatasubramanian explains why algorithms trained on historical data keep reproducing injustice—and what real accountability looks like.

🎧 https://youtu.be/GQiFnpK7Wyo

#AIEthics #AlgorithmicBias #DataJustice #TechPolicy #TheInternetIsCrack

AI-powered assistive technologies are changing how we experience and imagine public space
#Tech #AI #AssistiveTech #UrbanFutures #DisabilityJustice #SmartCities #WearableTech #DigitalInclusion #Accessibility #TechEthics #DataJustice #InclusiveDesign
https://the-14.com/ai-powered-assistive-technologies-are-changing-how-we-experience-and-imagine-public-space/

What if Canada's Indian Act was a person? How would it act? What would it say?

Carol Anne Hilton fed it into ChatGPT.
Then ran the persona through the Global Mental Health Diagnostic assessment .
Result? A deeply unwell individual.

#IndianActEconomics #IndigenousAI #DataJustice #EthicalAI #Indigenomics

https://youtu.be/Ukt5WOG4zfo

AI scrapes your life. Trains on it. Sells it back to you.

#AIEthics #DataJustice #SurveillanceCapitalism #TheInternetIsCrack #PrivacyMatters #AlgorithmicExploitation #DigitalRights

Who’s watching the weather now?
As public data vanishes and climate chaos deepens, we can’t afford to look away.
🌍 I wrote about NOAA, upcoming data loss, and what it means when transparency fades.

✍️ Read: https://medium.com/@becky.aza.kimble/who-will-watch-the-weather-now-958f11d1d7d7
#ClimateCrisis #DataJustice #NOAA #OpenData #InkwellReport #pyladies

Today I conducted a #DigitalEmpowerment #Workshop #CSO in the #Gipuzkoa
They’ll speak at #SummerSchool on #DigitalInclusion & #GenerativeAI

📍 16 July | Miramar Palace #UIK

🔗 uik.eus/en/activity/digital-inclusion-generative-artificial-intelligence-gipuzkoa-socially-cohesive-digitally

#AI4SI #DataJustice #EthicalAI

📢 Demà a les 17:30h, no et perdis el seminari "The Anthropology of Data Justice: a View from Conservation" amb Daniel Brockington de l'ICTA-UAB, a la Facultat de Geografia i Història de la @ub.edu. Cloenda del curs del Dept. d’Antropologia Social! #UB #Antropologia #DataJustice

📢 #StayTuned!

Pleased to be directing International #SummerSchool on #DigitalInclusion & #GenAI. We’ll explore digital sustainability in Gipuzkoa & far beyond🌐

🗓️ 15–16 July 2025
📍 Miramar Palace, #Donostia #BasqueCountry

The programme will bridge local innovation and international insights, promoting ethical, inclusive, community-driven digital futures and policy innovation

Registration opens 8 May!

#UIK #DigitalRights #EthicalAI #InclusiveFutures #DataJustice #TechForGood #SocialInnovation

#datajustice

In a new research article in Dialogues on Digital Society, @linnetelwin, Siddharth Peter de Souza, Joan Lopez Solano and I build on Linnet's 2017 "What is #datajustice?" paper and our 2022 analysis of the EU's digital policy suite to propose four benchmarks for just #AI #governance:

https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640241306800

#OpenAccess for your reading pleasure

Re-introducing myself again! 👋🏾

Looking for people to learn from and eager to share my knowledge with others.

Interested in learning more about: #DataEthics #DataJustice #DataBillofRights #Privacy

I know about:
#HousingCrisis #HousingPolicy #Housing4All #homelessness #SocialHousing #EvictionCrisis

No tolerance for: #CooporateShit #NIMBY #Classism #Bigotry #Bootlicking #RainbowCapitalism

I also love #cooking #houseplants and #gardening

#introductions #introduction

#ReadingList #WantToRead

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2420041

Creative data justice: a decolonial and indigenous framework to assess creativity and artificial intelligence

Payal Arora

#DataJustice #decolonisation

From LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/payalarora_creative-data-justice-a-decolonial-and-indigenous-activity-7256945246444433408-G62k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1B0a8npLiVNohVN9hli4OJ?si=7J0Xo6pWSJWnf0w-6gxrsA

In this episode of Generative Dialogues, Mark Carrigan and Helen Beetham discuss the implications of recent developments in academic publishing and generative AI. Key topics include:

1. The Taylor & Francis deal with Microsoft: Discussion of the £8 million agreement for AI access to the publisher’s library and its implications for academic publishing.
2. The changing landscape of academic journals: How the traditional journal system is evolving towards platform-based models and the role of AI in this transition.
3. The political economy of academic publishing: Analysis of the profit motives driving publishers and how AI fits into their business strategies.
4. Peer review challenges: Examination of existing issues in the peer review process and how AI might exacerbate or potentially address these problems.
5. The impact on academic careers and reputation: How AI and platform-based publishing may affect scholarly visibility, citation metrics, and career progression.
6. Inequalities in academic publishing: Discussion of how AI and data-driven systems may reinforce existing hierarchies and inequalities in academia.
7. Environmental concerns: Brief mention of the ecological impact of AI-driven publishing and research practices.
8. Alternatives to traditional publishing: Exploration of potential alternatives, including open-access models, artisanal approaches to academic writing, and community-led publishing initiatives.
9. The role of theory in digital education: Reflection on how theoretical frameworks can inform our understanding of these technological shifts in academia.

Throughout the conversation, Mark and Helen balance critical analysis of current trends with cautious exploration of potential positive developments and alternatives. They emphasize the need for academics to engage critically with these changes while recognizing the complex systemic nature of the challenges faced.

https://markcarrigan.net/2024/08/29/academic-publishing-in-an-era-of-chatgpt/

#books #dataJustice #dataPolitics #generativeAI #higherEducation #journals #publishing

📌 #Job: Consultancy - State of the art and policy recommendations on how to design, implement and evaluate an Algorithm Register.

**IA Ciudadana** is a coalition of 17 Spanish organisations working to defend human rights in the context of the digital age. This consultancy will be the basis to create various advocacy actions.

Please find here the Terms of Reference: https://iaciudadana.org/2024/07/15/terms-of-reference-state-of-the-art-and-policy-recommendations-on-how-to-design-implement-and-evaluate-an-algorithm-register/

#algorithms #algorithmregister #digitalrights #AI #joboffer #joboffering #digitaldefenders #datajustice