Inspired to be part of the Not Equal community DOS Research Group Dr. Shyam *முனைவர் ஷியாம்... *🛵🛺🚕*

Frederick Schade, PhD fellow from CBS presenting project that seeks to investigate the organisation of data transparency. At the DOS-CHRONOS-CBS research exchange day. DOS Research Group

Proudly presenting Dr. Evronia Azer who successfully passed her viva today, jointly supervised by myself and Dr G. 'Hari' Harindranath. Her thesis examines the role of ICT in the Egyptian revolution from the perspectives of leadership, surveillance/visibility, and trust/risk.

Looking forward to DOS Digital Activism event at on 19 Feb! DOS Research Group eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-acti…

Looking forward to the Digital Activism event on 19 Feb DOS Research Group eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-acti…

Enlightening and hugely important talk from Prof Shakuntala Banaji LSE Media & Communications on content & motivations of online #hatespeech inc recommendations around digital changes but need to #decentre techy to appreciate “the endangering majority” & political will required for change

A short sequal to our 2008 paper, "Inequality of What?" is out in Information and Organisation. Please click this link for free download, valid for 50 days. authors.elsevier.com/a/1cehK5Ef7AEQ…

We looked at how two innovation hubs in London and Lusaka are presented and enacted in practice, and argue for the need to recognize “multiplicity of spaces” with a sensitivity to the power geometry in the global diffusion of innovation hubs. doi.org/10.1080/019722…

You’re Invited! 🎉 Join Algorithmic Justice League & African American Policy Forum on Wed, 3/31 at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT for a #HerDreamDeferred screening of Coded Bias Documentary followed by a panel with Dr. Joy Buolamwini Cathy O’Neil @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Ruha Benjamin ohHey moderated by Kimberlé Crenshaw. RSVP at: bit.ly/HDD21_Film1

BREAKING: We've won our lawsuit challenging the £23m NHS data deal with 'spy tech' firm Palantir Our case w/ @foxglovelegal argued the public SHOULD have a say when govt strikes NHS deals with big tech After months of denials, the govt finally caved opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/weve…

V. excited that the 1st SI on Crisis and Digital Response is out (co-guest editors Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf & Michael Barrett)! sciencedirect.com/journal/inform… Excellent papers by Samer Faraj,Paul Leonardi, Susan Scott Leslie Perlow @ashleywhillans, Tammar Zilber, Yingqin Zheng

New report from Ada Lovelace Institute AI Now Institute Open Gov Partnership on 🌎 models of Accountability for Algorithms in the public sector. Next, we must consider and build accountability for algorithmic decisions about workers in the private sector. Stay tuned Institute for the Future of Work

An open spreadsheet of technology ethics courses! cfiesler.medium.com/tech-ethics-cu…

A paper about time, space and speed, inspired by Judy Wajcman and Doreen. We are interested in showing how on-demand platform work is built upon existing social inequalities, and reproducing it through reconfiguring spatial and temporal orders. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/is…

“Separated by physical distance, but united by the passion for #ICT4D” So it begins! Here is to a great start to #IFIP942022 with organisers Yingqin Zheng, Antonio Diaz Andrade, Martin Santana, Jose Robles and Pamela Abbott! 🎉 🎊

The on-demand economy in China is built on #inequality and effectively reproduces inequality, states Yingqin Zheng based on her work on spatiotemporalities of riders’ work in China. Read the #openaccess paper here: 👉👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

TikTok is calculating subjective scores such as 'cooperation index' to rank influencers gizmodo.com/tiktok-influen… This isn't new! I've written about third party tools who calculate v similar algorithmic scores - e.g. brand safety journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…. Open access!

🚨Breaking: Following our complaints from 2018, Meta's business model has been declared illegal in the EU. The EDPB decided that Meta cannot force users to agree to personalized ads. Read our full statement here: noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-pe…