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Should more public trust in data-driven systems be the goal?
To better understand the limits of public trust in data-driven systems, we must acknowledge the role structural inequalities play in shaping trust
Can algorithms ever make the grade?
The failure of the A-level algorithm highlights the need for a more transparent, accountable and inclusive process in the deployment of algorithms.
Why algorithms aren’t the answer: what the public needs to trust technology
A ten-point checklist for the Test and Trace team working on contact tracing app 2.0, based on the findings of rapid online public deliberation.
Facial recognition technology needs proper regulation – Court of Appeal
The appeal of R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales shows that, when it comes to facial recognition technology, the status quo cannot continue.
Ownership or rights: what’s the path to achieving true agency over data?
Myths and themes to emerge from our panel discussion on data ownership at RightsCon 2020
COVID-19: How public health emergencies have been repurposed as security threats
Shedding light on the capacity of technology to trace and monitor the movement of individuals.
It’s complicated: what the public thinks about COVID-19 technologies
Lessons developers and policymakers must learn from the public about COVID-19 technologies.
What is visualised is realised: models and the fallacy of risk
How mathematical models of infection structure the messages people receive about risk and responsibility.
Data, Compute, Labour
The monopolisation of AI is not just – or even primarily – a data issue.
To be seen we must be measured: data visualisation and inequality
How data, bodies and experience entwine.
Society and people: systemic racial injustice and cleaning up our own house
What should the Ada Lovelace Institute do to address systemic racial injustice?
Turn it off and on again: lessons learned from the NHS contact tracing app
The decision to delay the app’s launch is the right one.