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Algorithms drive online discrimination, academic warns
12 December 2019, Financial Times
Sandra Wachter says AI uses sensitive personal traits to target or exclude people in ads
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Efforts to prevent foreign manipulation of UK election flounder
10 December 2019, Financial Times
Authorities are ill-equipped to deal with interference under current rules, warn experts.
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In U.K. Vote, Online Disinformation Is the New Normal
10 December 2019, New York Times
Foreign meddling was once the most feared source of online deception before critical elections. Now, some candidates themselves are turning to such manipulative tactics.
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Less ‘junk news’ on Twitter but still shared widely on Facebook, research claims
9 December 2019, ITV News
So-called ‘junk news’ is on the decline on Twitter but still receives high engagement on Facebook, researchers claim.
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Fake ‘Likes’ Remain Just a Few Dollars Away, Researchers Say
6 December 2019, New York Times
Despite Big Tech’s attempts to combat manipulation, companies that sell clicks, likes and followers on social media are easy to find.
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The laws protecting our data are too weak
5 December 2019, Yahoo
The latest in a long line of privacy scandals happened last week, after Google was found to have been pulling unredacted data from one of America's largest healthcare providers to use in one of its projects.
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Labour told to ‘come clean’ about how it obtained leaked government documents after report links them to Russia
3 December 2019, The Telegraph
Labour has been told to “come clean” over whether it has helped to spread Russian “disinformation” during the general election campaign.
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Why the fight against disinformation, sham accounts and trolls won’t be any easier in 2020
1 December 2019, Politico
Silicon Valley's efforts to keep bad actors from manipulating next year's election face threats that have evolved since 2016.
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Advertising data Facebook puts millions of homosexuals at risk
28 November 2019, New Scientist
Miljoenen homoseksuelen die in landen wonen waar homoseksualiteit verboden is, kunnen door de advertentiesystemen van Facebook in gevaar komen. Het bedrijf stelt adverteerders namelijk in staat mensen te selecteren op basis van hun ‘interesses’, waaronder
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Als ob wir alle nichts anderes zu tun hätten, als 600 Seiten Datenschutzerklärung durchzulesen!
27 November 2019, Republik
Jobsuche, Arztbesuch, Kreditvergabe: Über immer mehr Bereiche in unserem Leben entscheiden Algorithmen mit. Sandra Wachter forscht am Oxford Internet Institute.
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Political campaigners wage war with websites ahead of UK election
26 November 2019, First Draft News
‘Parody’ sites are the new battleground for grabbing voters’ attention and counteracting opposition party criticism.
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Iran’s internet blackout: What is happening, and why did the government turn it off?
23 November 2019, Daily Telegraph
What caused the internet shutdown in Iran? The Iranian government implemented a near-total shutdown of internet services after protests began on November 15.
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The Week in Tech
22 November 2019, New York Times
Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry.
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Mark Graham, de Oxford Internet Institute: “Los trabajadores de plataformas, las plataformas y la economía gig están definidos por la vulnerabilidad de los trabajadores”
21 November 2019, The Economist
Este académico británico está en una cruzada por humanizar la denominada gig economy. Para ello, investiga el impacto de las emergentes formas de trabajo digital en países de todo el globo. Es uno de los creadores de Fairwork, fundación que promueve el tr
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The Ayatollah Comes for the Internet
19 November 2019, New York Times
The almost complete shutdown imposed over the weekend sets a new oppressive benchmark.
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The Week in Tech: Algorithmic Bias Is Bad. Uncovering It Is Good.
15 November 2019, New York Times
Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry with comment from Sandra Wachter.
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So the internet didn’t turn out the way we hoped
14 November 2019, New York TImes
The Internet dream became a nightmare. What will become of it now?
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FEED talks to Dr Taha Yasseri from the Oxford Internet Institute about the influencer economy and how ‘group think’ affects us more than we like to admit
4 November 2019, Feed magazine
Dr Taha Yasseri, Oxford Internet Institute “We can have value judgement only when we are completely isolated from social information”
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Moderate levels of screen time can be good for children’s wellbeing, new research finds
24 October 2019, iNews
Spending a moderate amount of time using electronic devices each day could have a positive effect on children's wellbeing and mental health, a new study has found.
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Iranian dissident arrested and Telegram channel seized by revolutionary guard
18 October 2019, Sky News
The arrest of a high-profile dissident and the seizure of his anti-government Telegram channel is a 'PR coup' for the regime.