As social media becomes the basis for consuming news, misinformation is spreading faster and getting harder to verify.
read moreHow social spaces and tech profit off the exploitative use of Blackness and racial stereotypes in a repackaged and digitized version of blackface.
read moreThe fight against Roe v. Wade underscores how digital surveillance can be used to incriminate people seeking abortion care.
read morePrivatizing prison technology and communication add a costly financial burden on incarcerated people and their families.
read moreWhen will Facebook hold itself accountable for the harm it causes, and how can we rally our voices?
read moreHBCUs are key to increasing representation of Black people in STEM. So why are they historically underfunded?
read moreBlack social media creators are on strike from creating new choreography. Here’s why.
read moreFrom its beginnings to modern-day, cameras and photo technology have favored lighter-skinned subjects.
read moreDr. Timnit Gebru is a well-respected leader in the field of ethical A.I., an industry that’s committed to making artificial intelligence more inclusive and representative of our diverse population. She co-authored a groundbreaking paper that showed facial recognition to be less accurate at identifying women and people of color. She co-founded the Black in AI affinity group. And she was the co-leader of Google’s Ethical A.I. team – that is, until they abruptly forced her out of the company (Dr. Timnit Gebru’s Twitter).
read moreFacial recognition software is increasingly becoming integrated into society and policing despite coded racial bias.
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