Julia Angwin writes: Hello, friends, In the wake of the Supreme Court’s jaw-dropping ruling overturning constitutional protections for abortion in the United States, there’s been a lot of discussion about how to keep data about pregnant people private. Google announced, for instance, that it would remove sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, from the location data it stores…
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The Best & Worst States in America for Online Privacy
You can probably guess what state stacks up as the best, but can you accurately guess what state ranked the worst in this analysis by Private Internet Access? Thanks to Joe Cadillic for sending in the link for this.
Responsible AI investments and safeguards for facial recognition
Sarah Bird, Principal Group Product Manager for Microsoft’s Azure AI, writes: A core priority for the Cognitive Services team is to ensure its AI technology, including facial recognition, is developed and used responsibly. While we have adopted six essential principles to guide our work in AI more broadly, we recognized early on that the unique risks and opportunities…
Paving a Digital Road to Hell? A Primer on the Role of the World Bank and Global Networks in Promoting Digital ID
Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project Center for Human Rights and Global Justice NYU School of Law June 2022 The beginning of the Executive Summary: Governments around the world are designing or implementing digital identification systems, often with biometric components (digital ID). The spread of these systems is driven by a new development consensus…