What the “Bad Art Friend” story teaches us about privacy
The internet encourages women to mine their lives for content – but at what cost?
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NYU’s researchers are the latest victims of Big Tech’s war on scrutiny
Facebook has blocked critical academics from its platform under the guise of protecting privacy.
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“It’s the poorest in society who are being surveilled”: the rise of citizen-scoring algorithms
A new report reveals that millions of people across the UK are being profiled by welfare-focused algorithms without their knowledge.
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How worried should we be about Priti Patel’s plans for biometric border checks?
The Home Secretary has announced plans to monitor the number of people travelling in and out of the UK.
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Why the UK’s post-Brexit plans are a threat to data protection
The British government appears intent on driving through a radical shift in the data standards we have grown used to.
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Why time is running out for TikTok in the United States
National security concerns blur with political self-interest in the Trump administration's threat to ban the Chinese-owned app.
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Trevor Paglen: the artist who created ImageNet Roulette thinks AI is taking us backwards
For his latest exhibition at the Barbican, the US artist spent years plumbing the depths of a uniquely disturbing database.
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Self-branding: how the modern world forces us to market ourselves 24/7
Precarious work and persistent data trails mean everything we do is part of how we are judged.
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