A recent Labor Department memo urges agencies to avoid releasing press releases accusing companies of violating laws, to protect the companies' reputations. People are denied the same protections.
Workers installing surveillance cameras in Shanghai in August 2020.
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A sweeping review of Australia's national security laws has recommended a new single legislative framework governing electronic surveillance activities.
Testing and exam proctoring methods that invade privacy and erode trust undermine the very integrity that institutions demand students uphold.
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Equity and privacy problems with online proctoring reflect a larger issue: Students look to universities to set an example of integrity.
The growing use of artificial intelligence in health care should be driven by careful consideration of what is important to members of the public.
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The use of artificial intelligence in health care is on the rise, and the concerns of the public need to be considered in developing policy that regulates its application.
They began as wartime technology, but now drones are changing the way we witness the world, especially when we can't see it for ourselves.
Facial recognition algorithms are usually tested using white faces, which results in the technology being unable to differentiate between racialized individuals.
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Technology is not neutral, as facial recognition algorithms and predictive policing have shown us. Algorithms discriminate by design, reflecting and reinforcing pre-existing biases.
If a new deal between Microsoft and ByteDance goes through, the Chinese company may withdraw ownership of its TikTok operations in not only the US – but also Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The federal government has used military-grade border patrol drones like this one to monitor protests in US cities.
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Following a privacy policy change in 2016, Google has collected users' data from third-party websites and apps. The ACCC argues users were misled into signing away their privacy.
A patchwork of state and federal laws cover the surveillance of private conversation. But, in all cases, there is a "public interest" defence.
Body cameras are increasingly being worn by police forces, like the Vancouver Police Department, to record officer interactions.
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Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.