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Right to information in South Africa

Right to information in South Africa

Imran March 17, 2020

Nomacebo Mbayo, WC Administrator and activist of the Right2Know Campaign, tells us more about the RICA case, access to information and the awareness of misuse of data in South Africa.

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The techie resistance

The techie resistance

Christina Felschen March 6, 2020

Dirty data, greed for gain and a lack of diversity in the tech sector: There are many reasons why algorithms discriminate. But lawyers, regulators and, most importantly, critical techies have started standing up against A.I.’s destructive potential. Will human intelligence win?

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In the name of National Security

In the name of National Security

Imran March 3, 2020

Governments are increasingly collecting our data without giving us the possibility to inquire or appeal, and even leave the decision-making up to algorithms. How can we question authorities and make them accountable for decisions that violate human rights?

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“Algorithms are opinions embedded in code”

“Algorithms are opinions embedded in code”

Christina Felschen March 1, 2020

Tech companies have taken over the power to make decisions for us. That can be convenient as long as it concerns playlists or navigation. However, under the guise of “objectivity”, their algorithms also categorize humans and reinforce social inequality. What happens when an algorithm hits?

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Are you Nudged?! How Pokemon Go is actually playing us

Are you Nudged?! How Pokemon Go is actually playing us

Imran February 19, 2020

According to Shoshana Zuboff, the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go is deliberately implemented for commercial profit, at the expense of unaware citizens. She calls it “Surveillance Capitalism”, a bunch of algorithms that apparently completely consume us. Is the 99% now controlled by the tech-savvy 1%?

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Big Brother, we are watching you

Big Brother, we are watching you

Christina Felschen February 8, 2020

What happens if Big Data and artificial intelligence endanger our privacy, misinform or discriminates us? On this blog, we are going to throw light on the dark side of technology. Big Brother, you are watching us, but we are watching you too!

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