Keep Me Posted - Episode 9: Azza Altiraifi
Keep Me Posted
As the use of surveillance technologies continues to rise, our day-to-day lives continue to be affected, from education to employment, web searches to doorbells. Countless studies have shown that surveillance technologies are inherently biased and discriminatory, and that's especially true for people with disabilities.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 8: lydia x.z. brown
Keep Me Posted
State governments are increasingly relying on AI tools and systems to determine whether people qualify for public benefits and to what extent they receive them. For people with disabilities, this can mean losing critical support without warning or explanation.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 7: Alex Givens
Keep Me Posted
In recent years, more & more companies have deployed AI powered tools in the workplace. There's tremendous risk of discrimination embedded within what is effectively automated surveillance technology. The harms of algorithmic bias are more well-known. What is less familiar are the deep systemic harms AI can have on people with disabilities.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 6: Alvaro Bedoya
Keep Me Posted
The aftermath of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has driven calls from policymakers and in the press for expanding the use of surveillance and facial recognition technologies, which has civil rights and justice advocates concerned.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 5: Steven Renderos
Keep Me Posted
The stories shared through media & technology platforms hold power in shaping our understanding about people & communities who are often underrepresented. At a time when misinformation & what my guest today calls “organized lies” overwhelmingly move into the mainstream, it’s important we take a look at who is shaping the narrative.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 4 - Brandi Collins-Dexter
Keep Me Posted
As we usher in a new presidential administration, how can we continue working to hold technology & media accountable for aiding the spread of false information and hate speech plaguing our society? How does the intersection of technology, media and race influence culture?
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 2 - Hannah Sassaman
Keep Me Posted
In the midst of COVID-19 & uprisings calling for the end of police violence across the U.S. & around the world, lawmakers & leaders are turning to technology for a cheap & decisive solution. But what should we do when these solutions increase surveillance, unjustly placing eyes on Black & Brown people?
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 3 - Mutale Nkonde
Keep Me Posted
In the wake of the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and so many other Black people, our society faces a reckoning - 400 years overdue - about anti-Black violence and white supremacy.
info_outline
Keep Me Posted - Episode 1 - Neema Singh Guliani
Keep Me Posted
Introducing… Keep Me Posted: A New Podcast from Spitfire, hosted by Jen Carnig. Each episode of Keep Me Posted will feature a short conversation with leading experts and advocates in law, civil rights and technology.
info_outlineKeep Me Posted is a podcast about the intersection of race, rights, democracy and justice in the digital age.
The aftermath of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has driven calls from policymakers and in the press for expanding the use of surveillance and facial recognition technologies, which has civil rights and justice advocates concerned.
Though the use of these technologies has many feeling that the perpetrators of the insurrection are being brought to justice, many advocates worry that — especially in the hands of police — their use will only aid a pattern of discrimination, surveillance, over-policing and censorship for communities of color, oftentimes those working to build a more just society.
Today's guest, Alvaro Bedoya, is Founding Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law School, where he is also a Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic.