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The Discriminatory Dark Side Of Big Data

The Discriminatory Dark Side Of Big Data

By Chirag Mehta on July 9, 2015

It has happened again. Researchers have discovered that Google’s ad-targeting system is discriminatory. Male web users were more likely to be shown high paying executive ads compared to female visitors. The researchers have published a paper which was presented at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in Philadelphia. I had blogged about the dark side of […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged algorithms, big data, Carnegie Mellon University, discrimination, google, privacy

Proxies Are As Useful As Real Data

Proxies Are As Useful As Real Data

By Chirag Mehta on June 17, 2012

Last year I ran a highly unscientific experiment. I would regularly put a DVD in an open mail bin in my office to mail it back to Netflix, every late Monday afternoon. I would also count the total number of Netflix DVDs put inside that bin by other people. Over a period of time I […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, General, Trends & Concepts | Tagged algorithms, big data, linkedin, Netflix, proxy, statistical analysis

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