With coronavirus hitting the US hard, there are growing fears community groups will have to resort to funding provided by surveillance programmes.
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‘Why Minneapolis?’: How Deep Surveillance of Black Muslims Paved the Way for George Floyd’s Murder
The city has a long history of spying on its Black residents.
Duas Against The Surveillance State
ya allah only you are the all seeing and all knowing; revoke the power of the panopticon from those who wish us dead.
TikTok Teens are Making Fake Phone Call Videos to Escape Sketchy Ubers
Users have created an entire genre of videos designed to scare away would-be harassers and help vulnerable people navigate dodgy situations.
Email scammers are taking advantage of our coronavirus fears
People will always try to capitalize on the fear and confusion of others, and the coronavirus panic is no exception.
Degrowing the Future
“Why is the future assumed to be the continuation of growth? What if it’s degrowth?”
Why We Cannot Trust DNA Companies Like Ancestry and 23andMe
Biometric identification — of which DNA testing is a form of along with fingerprinting, facial recognition, etc. — was not created in a race-neutral vacuum.
Eugenics Is Influencing Dating Apps and Other Forms of Tech
While touting tech ‘advancements’ as being explicitly based in eugenics or scientific racism may be out of fashion, that doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
Facial recognition misclassifies transgender and non-binary people, study finds
Many have expressed concerns that facial recognition will only codify various forms of oppression and research is making that alarmingly clear.
Popular health care algorithm shows bias against Black patients, study finds
It’s unlikely that this will be the last algorithm to show bias against Black patients.
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