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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe problem isn’t the algorithm. It’s the class system
A string of equations didn’t create our unfair education system, it revealed it.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesYour data makes the web personal
Online personalisation is where you see specific content based on your personal data. How bad can it be?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow to make AI work for people and planet
Whether AI will be a weapon of social injustice or an agent of positive change depends on the stories we choose to weave.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIn a new world order driven by AI, we need to rewrite the rules of data capitalism
In the scramble for AI-led development, what would global algorithmic justice look like?
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Published in: digitaLibertiesyourData – helping you see data in action
yourData is openDemocracy’s project to bring more transparency to the web.
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Published in: ourNHSEngland's NHS is embracing 'big data'. But who’s really benefiting?
As the new NHS app launches this week, huge questions remain about what happens to our private health data - now a...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTo strengthen digital security for human rights defenders, behavior matters
When approaching digital security for human rights defenders in hostile environments, we need to think more about...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpage正确的行为方式对于强化人权卫士们的数字信息安全至关重要。
当人权卫士处在一个敌对的环境下要想保证自己的数字信息安全,我们需要学习一下实用的行为方式。向openGlobalRights讨论提供资源: data and human rights. English. Español.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDiscrimination in action: the value of experiments in human rights
A video game experiment in Slovenia reveals discriminatory practices against the Roma—what else might experiments...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe human rights lab: using experiments to craft effective messaging
Framing issues in different ways can undermine or bolster support of human rights, and experiments can help to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageUsing experiments to improve women’s rights in Pakistan
Experiments on support for women’s rights in Pakistan could improve the implementation and enforcement of UN...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHow new data can—and can’t—support academic research
Human rights practitioners and researchers often ask very different questions when collecting data—how can we bridge...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights datasets are pointless without methodological rigour
Existing datasets on human rights have methodological weaknesses that can make them useless for any meaningful...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEthics, technology and human rights: navigating new roads
When we incorporate new technologies into human rights work, we need to be acutely aware of agency, participation...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe fine print: seeing beyond the hype in technology for human rights
With all the hype about new technologies for human rights, activists must think critically and strategically. A...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageCohesion in the chaos: uniting human rights methodologies
With the range of options available to document and analyze human rights, it’s important to help researchers and...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageMissing torture amongst the poor
Documenting torture has always been problematic, but the experiences of the poor are continually left out of the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageNo single dataset is sufficient for understanding human rights, nor should it be
Yes, cross-national datasets are inappropriate for understanding the lived experience of those suffering from human...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageYes, human rights scholars conceal social wrongs—when they miss the point
To suggest that relying on cross-national analyses perpetuates human rights abuses is simply fallacious.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHow human rights scholars conceal social wrongs
Using cross-national data in human rights research helps perpetuate social wrongs.