In the context of the use of crime predictive software in policing, Chris Gilliard reiterated in WIRED how data-driven policing systems and programs are fundamentally premised on the assumption that historical data about crimes determines the future.
Continue reading “Predictive policing constrains our possibilities for better futures”Crime Prediction Keeps Society Stuck in the Past
So long as algorithms are trained on racist historical data and outdated values, there will be no opportunities for change.
By Chris Gilliard for WIRED on January 2, 2022
Brazil’s embrace of facial recognition worries Black communities
Activists say the biometric tools, developed principally around white datasets, risk reinforcing racist practices.
By Charlotte Peet for Rest of World on October 22, 2021
Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match
A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition.
By Kashmir Hill for The New York Times on December 29, 2020
Your iPhone’s Adult Content Filter Blocks Anything ‘Asian’
Enabling Apple’s “Limit Adult Websites” filter in the iOS Screen Time setting will block users from seeing any Google search results for “Asian” in any browser on their iPhone. That’s not great, folks.
By Victoria Song for Gizmodo on February 4, 2021
How the LAPD and Palantir Use Data to Justify Racist Policing
In a new book, a sociologist who spent months embedded with the LAPD details how data-driven policing techwashes bias.
By Mara Hvistendahl for The Intercept on January 30, 2021
Hoe Nederland A.I. inzet voor etnisch profileren
China dat kunstmatige intelligentie inzet om Oeigoeren te onderdrukken: klinkt als een ver-van-je-bed-show? Ook Nederland (ver)volgt specifieke bevolkingsgroepen met algoritmes. Zoals in Roermond, waar camera’s alarm slaan bij auto’s met een Oost-Europees nummerbord.
By Florentijn van Rootselaar for OneWorld on January 14, 2021
Unregulated facial recognition must stop before more Black men are wrongfully arrested
How many more Black men will be wrongfully arrested before this country puts a stop to the unregulated use of facial recognition software?
From Washington Post on December 31, 2020
Ja, gezichtsherkenningstechnologie discrimineert – maar een verbod is niet de oplossing
Zoals de dood van George Floyd leidde tot wereldwijde protesten, zo deed de vooringenomen beeldverwerkingstechnologie PULSE dat in de wetenschappelijke wereld. Er werd opgeroepen tot een verbod, maar neuro-informaticus Sennay Ghebreab vraagt zich af of een digitale beeldenstorm het probleem oplost.
By Sennay Ghebreab for Vrij Nederland on October 5, 2020
Algorithmic Copyright Management: Background Audio, False Positives and De facto Censorship
Algorithmic Copyright Management: Background Audio, False Positives and De facto Censorship
By Adam Holland and Nick Simmons for Lumen on July 21, 2020