Technology

A look at technological innovation and its impact on racial equity.

Deepfakes 101: Deception in the Digital Age
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Deepfakes 101: Deception in the Digital Age
Dominique Stewart
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In an age of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracies, the distortion of reality affects us all, whether on a political, social, or personal level.

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Technology
1920 1280 Dominique Stewart
Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation
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Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation
Anmol Irfan
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As social media becomes the basis for consuming news, misinformation is spreading faster and getting harder to verify.

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Technology
2400 1600 Anmol Irfan
Blackface in the Digital Age
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Blackface in the Digital Age
Nicole Cardoza
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How social spaces and tech profit off the exploitative use of Blackness and racial stereotypes in a repackaged and digitized version of blackface.

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Media & Culture Technology
2400 1350 Nicole Cardoza
The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media
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The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media
Kim M Reynolds
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Police surveillance of social media often relies on data riddled with human error or interpreted with bias, which harms communities of color.

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Media & Culture Technology
2400 1600 Kim M Reynolds
How Digital Surveillance Threatens Reproductive Freedom
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How Digital Surveillance Threatens Reproductive Freedom
Nicole Cardoza
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The fight against Roe v. Wade underscores how digital surveillance can be used to incriminate people seeking abortion care.

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Technology
2400 1600 Nicole Cardoza
The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality
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The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality
Nicole Cardoza
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Sharing graphic videos of police brutality may raise awareness, but also cause harm and obfuscate the real effort needed to create change. 

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Criminal Justice Technology
2400 1600 Nicole Cardoza
Why Black Online Daters Feel Invisible on Dating Apps
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Why Black Online Daters Feel Invisible on Dating Apps
Tabby Kibugi
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Negative experiences and discrimination on dating apps are causing some Black people to feel alienated. Others are avoiding the apps altogether.

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Technology
1920 1280 Tabby Kibugi
Severing the Lines of Communication
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Severing the Lines of Communication
Dominique Stewart
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Privatizing prison technology and communication add a costly financial burden on incarcerated people and their families.

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Criminal Justice Technology
1920 1280 Dominique Stewart
Tracing Your Ancestral Roots Is Easy When You’re White
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Tracing Your Ancestral Roots Is Easy When You’re White
Andrew Lee
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Many marginalized people can’t trace their ancestral roots due to forced relocation, enslavement, immigration, and premature death. While white people are at an advantage in both DNA testing and genealogy.

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History Technology
1920 1141 Andrew Lee
How the Nextdoor App Modernized Racial Profiling
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How the Nextdoor App Modernized Racial Profiling
Andrew Lee
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The Nextdoor app’s racist practices by users underscore the inherent problems of integrating unchecked stereotypes into technology.

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Neighborhoods Technology
2400 1614 Andrew Lee
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