Data in Democracy

Data in Democracy Summer School. Supporting #ResponsibleData & #ResponsibleTech by bringing social science insights to data science, analytics, and technology.

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

.@andyguess and colleagues' recent work found that people clicked on fake news they found on Facebook far more than any other social or search platform.

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

The Data in Democracy Summer School keynote lecture is underway. @andyguess tells us about his important work on the prevalence of "fake news" in Americans' information diets.

[Political Science Leiden @PolSciLeiden]

Trolling, fake news, digital framing... How to make scientific sense of this? Large datasets, machine learning, and online experiments to the rescue. Andrew Guess (Princeton University) explains how. https://t.co/WkL0KVAXzq

[Marcel Freinbichler @fr3ino]

Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! 🙄
5.2MB → 500KB

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

🚨🚨Just a couple more days before the deadline! 🚨🚨

Get your summer school applications in by Friday, May 25th! And join us for critical conversations about how to embrace and build #ResponsibleData and #ResponsibleTech! Full info at: https://t.co/88USLsLihw

[Data & Society @datasociety]

NEW report by @wphillips49 shows how bad actors hijack mainstream news media; proposes tactics to minimize harm & manipulation when reporting on the internet https://t.co/yoTbk3nziS

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

A provocative & powerful statement. It makes clear why those of us working in #datascience & #tech need the social sciences & humanities. And it's precisely why we launched the #DatainDemocracy Summer School. If you're designing tech for society, please join us in July. https://t.co/oVdEwShYOX

[Brigitte Alfter @Hackette7]

Pondering how to cover algorithms and automated decisions in our lives?
Join the Algorithm Accountability track at #EICJ18 https://t.co/blkiCb8ZY7 in collaboration with @algorithmwatch https://t.co/bz3hpG6V7m #journalism

[Judith Schenderling @juut_s]

It seems simple, but the way #GoogleAnalytics measures users isn't as obvious as you may expect. Read on to understand how this metric is calculated. https://t.co/kUM4ZW0Jys

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

What could possibly go wrong with a Reddit-inspired platform for discussing responses to disinformation? https://t.co/yaxHhBUF8E

[@johnnyryan.bsky.social @johnnyryan]

Whatsapp's new #GDPR terms of service are impossible to read on the scroll screen...
So I stitched it all together into one 5000 pixel image.
I ran OCR too, so here is the text version.
https://t.co/AD7Nt4PUhd

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

Reminds me of a research project on the ethical dimensions of augmented reality apps that I started a few years ago but never really got going. Who decides when/what layers of information are provided? How do we control for bias and ensure transparency? https://t.co/9hUufcJ9i6

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

We're not sure if this is a joke. Please tell us this is a joke. 😬 https://t.co/uOQd6EFl4k

[Julia Angwin @JuliaAngwin]

This story buried the lede: Facebook says it will build an API for political advertising.

When that happens, it will be a big win for transparency. Citizens should be able to see and fact-check all election communications.

https://t.co/oqmnKRg3nR

[Data in Democracy @dataindemocracy]

This tweet is getting lots of "It's just a demo; settle down," responses. But @zeynep's making a crucial point. We've seen how powerful deceptive uses of tech can be, & if we aren't placing ethics & transparency questions 1st, we're going to make things worse. #ResponsibleTech https://t.co/iH1nHyyvfp

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Google Assistant making calls pretending to be human not only without disclosing that it's a bot, but adding "ummm" and "aaah" to deceive the human on the other end with the room cheering it... horrifying. Silicon Valley is ethically lost, rudderless and has not learned a thing.