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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

Sexism, Racism and t-shirts…  Why Stop There?

Sexism, Racism and t-shirts… Why Stop There?

By Adron Hall on January 16, 2014

I attend a lot of technical conferences, hackathons, workshops and all sorts of events where I get loaded up with t-shirts. Ridiculous amounts of t-shirts. Generally I love this! I have had a basic standard about all of these t-shirts. If it is a company and product that I know has done well by its […]

Posted in Business | Tagged american apparel, community, conferences, discrimination, racism, sexism, sweat shops, tech, tech industry | 1 Response

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