Kathryn Taylor
@intrkat
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Out today, my call for new dark patterns laws for the employment context, inspired by @veenadubal's recent work on algorithmic wage discrimination Via @NYUJLPP's Quorum: https://t.co/i2YPfNJFyM
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Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said.
propublica.org
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s...
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As tech companies race to bombard users with AI features — many of which are unnecessary and even inaccurate — the environmental cost of AI is skyrocketing https://t.co/gUNNISCuIg
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BREAKING: Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say
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Amazon billed its "Just Walk Out" stores as some triumph of AI. In reality, it was powered by thousands of low-paid Indian workers manually adding up items in your cart as you shopped. How insanely dystopian.
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New cars are now ‘the worst’ products when it comes to privacy https://t.co/QDtJDnCkRW
apple.news
With all new car models headed for internet-connectivity, the auto industry is developing a reputation as the "worst" for consumer privacy with driver data.
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Excited to be back at NYU Law next week to talk tech-enabled worker surveillance alongside the founders of the Amazon Labor Union!!
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Ring cameras have a feature that makes it easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target certain groups for suspicion.
wired.com
They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.
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Targeted ads are "pitching more expensive products from lower-quality vendors than identical products that showed up in a simple Web search" @JuliaAngwin via @nytimes
https://t.co/tsYNlgjAur
nytimes.com
Surveillance-based advertising is not only destroying democracy; it also pitches us lousy, overpriced goods.
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The information on the new tablet program comes as officials consider a possible ban on personal snail mail and packages. https://t.co/Ce1cQcuGBN
gothamist.com
The information on the new tablet program comes as officials consider a possible ban on personal snail mail and packages.
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This is a fantastic, must read piece that carefully lays out a proposal to address the problems I lay out in my new article. 🔥🔥🔥
Out today, my call for new dark patterns laws for the employment context, inspired by @veenadubal's recent work on algorithmic wage discrimination Via @NYUJLPP's Quorum: https://t.co/i2YPfNJFyM
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"Data broker" companies are increasingly using weak claims about crime reduction to sell police on gunshot detection technology, cell phone tracking, and license plate readers. These profit incentives are meanwhile bringing us toward dragnet surveillance.
theappeal.org
ShotSpotter, Flock Safety, and Fog Data Science pitch themselves as third-party public-safety platforms, but they really are are “data brokers”—companies that profit by selling bulk information to...
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“algorithmic wage discrimination allows firms to personalize & differentiate wages for workers in ways unknown to them, paying…them as little as the system determines that they may be willing to accept.” Always read @veenadubal, this is no exception! https://t.co/Jf3x2s57ue
lpeproject.org
Recent technological developments are transforming the basic terms of worker compensation. Rather than receive a salary or predictable hourly wage, workers in the on-demand economy are often paid…
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It’s 2022, phones should be built to last five years or more
androidauthority.com
Long-term smartphone support requires brands to get onboard with regular software updates and the right-to-repair movement.
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“Now [delivery drivers] are simply dehumanized, plugged into machine-run networks and expected to move product with robotic efficiency. The compulsory dance trend on TikTok suggests that customers, too, have come to see drivers as programmable.”
nytimes.com
The combination of next-day delivery, Ring surveillance footage and TikTok has put a spotlight on Amazon drivers. But it’s also created a new main character: the package itself.
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Amazon management knows its workers urinate in bottles and even defecate in bags in order to save time, internal company documents leaked to me reveal: https://t.co/m6SK8QlRtF
theintercept.com
If employees actually had to pee in bottles, Amazon said, “nobody would work for us.” That’s a lie.
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Brandon Bernard is on federal death row with only hours to live. @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse @POTUS please commute his sentence to life. #BrandonBernard
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Addressing the surge in workplace surveillance should be part of the COVID response plan:
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Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws Department Files Complaint Against Google to Restore Competition in Search and Search Advertising Markets https://t.co/JTFDO5kJ9d
justice.gov
Today, the Department of Justice — along with eleven state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Google from unlawfully...
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