By Grigorios Kalliatakis
Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 25 January – 1 February 2019.
You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.
Algorithms and AI
An obsession with computer vision shows the lopsided nature of the AI boom – MIT Technology Review
Deep learning hope and hype: MIT Technology Review’s Will Knight – MIT Technology Review
Making face recognition less biased doesn’t make it less scary – MIT Technology Review
This robot can probably beat you at Jenga—thanks to its understanding of the world – MIT Technology Review
Health
Mental health: UK could ban social media over suicide images, minister warns – BBC
Privacy
Apple cracks down on Facebook after it paid teens for access to their data – The Guardian
Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones – The New York Times
Does Facebook Really Know How Many Fake Accounts It Has? – The New York Times
Google, Facebook, Twitter must do more against fake news: EU – REUTERS
Irish data watchdog investigates Twitter over privacy rules breach – REUTERS
Social Media
EU data watchdog raises concerns over Facebook integration – The Guardian
Facebook lays out structure of content oversight board – REUTERS
Facebook plans content oversight board, tightens paid ad rules – REUTERS
Facebook to create ‘war room’ to fight fake news, Nick Clegg says – The Guardian
Meet the data guardians taking on the tech giants – BBC
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are the author(s) alone.
