Tech Discrimination

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Tech

It's far past time we be able to text 911. So disability advocates are suing.

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Race

The U.S. government is asking foreign visitors to hand over their social media profiles

December 24, 2016

Tech

Facebook won't let advertisers illegally target users by race anymore

November 11, 2016

FORT MEADE, MD - MARCH 13: The seals of the U.S. Cyber Command, the National Secrity Agency and the Central Security Service greet employees and visitors at the campus the three organizations share March 13, 2015 in Fort Meade, Maryland. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visited the campus and emphasized the importance of military cyber operations by making this his first visit with soliders, sailors, airmen and Marines inside the United States since becoming defense secretary in February 2015. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech

Trump won, now protect yourself from the surveillance state

November 09, 2016

PALO ALTO, CA - MAY 26: Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook, holds a press conference at their headquarters May 26, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg outlined Facebook's new privacy control methods. (Photo by Kim White/Getty Images)

Tech

Facebook's ad profile of you is both eerily accurate & laughably inaccurate. Here's why that's scary

November 08, 2016

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 02: In this photo illustration, a woman uses the Uber app on an Samsung smartphone on September 2, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Uber, an app that allows passenger to buy rides from drivers who do not have taxi permits, has had its UberPop freelance driver service banned in Germany after a complaint by Taxi Deutschland, a trade association of taxi drivers in the country. The company, which operates in 42 countries over 200 cities worldwide, plans to both appeal the decision made by a court in Frankfurt as well as, at the risk of heavy fines, continue its services in Germany until a final decision has been made on the matter. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Tech

How victims of racism in the sharing economy get screwed over twice

November 04, 2016

Tech

Facebook might be assigning you an 'ethnic affinity' you can't change

October 28, 2016

Tech

Airbnb’s diversity report: Fewer white people than ever!

October 27, 2016

FREMONT, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. After several production delays, Elon Musk officially launched the much anticipated Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. The (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tech Discrimination

69-year-old engineer says Tesla fired him because he was old

October 03, 2016

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Social Media

These white people are tracking crime in a black neighborhood. Is that racist?

September 28, 2016

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Tech Discrimination

How Nextdoor reduced racist posts by 75%

August 25, 2016

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Civil Rights

Kuwait's new DNA collection law is scarier than we ever imagined

August 24, 2016

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Tech

Nextdoor's experiment to try to stop users from being racist

August 23, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 01: Protesters march through the streets in support of Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby's announcement that charges would be filed against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray on May 1, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray died in police custody after being arrested on April 12, 2015. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Tech

Civil rights groups take on Baltimore PD over surveillance of black neighborhoods

August 16, 2016

SAN ANSELMO, CA - APRIL 21: The Airbnb website is displayed on a laptop on April 21, 2014 in San Anselmo, California. Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc. is about to receive more than $450 million in investments from a group led by private-equity firm TPG. The new investments will value the startup at $10 billion, significantly higher than some publicly traded hotel chains. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Internet

Why are sex workers getting kicked off Airbnb and other platforms without explanation?

August 03, 2016

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Tech

Secret algorithms that predict future criminals get a thumbs up from Wisconsin Supreme Court

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: Eric Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General attends the 2016 "Tina Brown Live Media's American Justice Summit" at Gerald W. Lynch Theatre on January 29, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Race

Former Attorney General Eric Holder is going to help Airbnb work on discrimination as outside counsel

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Tech

The diverse talent pool exists. Facebook just isn't hiring us.

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Tech

The bias in our software

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Internet

How to look hot and smart in your profile photo, according to a computer program

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Tech

People interviewing for a tech job had their genders masked. It made things worse for the women.

WASHINGTON - MARCH 09: The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquaters March 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller was responding to a report by the Justice Department inspector general that concluded the FBI had committed 22 violations in its collection of information through the use of national security letters. The letters, which the audit numbered at 47,000 in 2005, allow the agency to collect information like telephone, banking and e-mail records without a judicially approved subpoena. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech Discrimination

The FBI runs face recognition on 411 million photos, most of which are innocent Americans

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Better By Design

Virtual reality will open the door to incredibly intimate surveillance

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Machines of Loving Grace

No, Google isn't manipulating its autocomplete to help Hillary Clinton

Machines of Loving Grace

'Black teenagers' vs. 'white teenagers': Why Google's algorithm displays racist results

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Insecurity State

A mysterious author just wrote a fascinating history of the alt-right

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Tech Discrimination

Airbnb removes host who discriminated against trans user

SAN ANSELMO, CA - APRIL 21: The Airbnb website is displayed on a laptop on April 21, 2014 in San Anselmo, California. Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc. is about to receive more than $450 million in investments from a group led by private-equity firm TPG. The new investments will value the startup at $10 billion, significantly higher than some publicly traded hotel chains. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Better By Design

Here's how Airbnb plans to tackle racism on the platform

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Tech Discrimination

Emoji are the cutest PR tool ever—but it's a reminder that corporations control the internet language

View of a sign, painted on the window of a restaurant, that reads 'We Cater to White Trade Only,' Lancaster, Ohio, August 1938. (Photo by Ben Shahn/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Lab Rats

Airbnb's racism problem isn't going away any time soon

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Insecurity State

We analyzed Facebook data to see if the social network is politically biased

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Planet Earth

Why Silicon Valley hates Gawker

FILE- In this Jan. 14, 2016 file photo, new floodlight-style lighting illuminates Osborn Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Prosecutors say theyll ask a judge to dismiss charges against five teenage boys after a young woman who said she was gang-raped at the park in January 2016 recanted her accusation. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

The New New Economy

New York City has been shining surveillance lights on its black population for the last 300 years

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Tech Discrimination

How Trump's troll army is cashing in on his campaign

Posthuman

Why Donald Trump and Peter Thiel are a match made in alt-right heaven

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Insecurity State

Maybe the real Facebook suppression is of shoddy news, not conservative news

Tech Discrimination

When Google is more powerful than the government

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Tech Discrimination

The real 'news curators' at Facebook are the engineers who write its algorithms

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Insecurity State

Brietbart is pissed that Facebook is 'discriminating' against conservative news

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Insecurity State

The problem with neighborhood policing apps

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