The business of big data audits: monetizing fairness | mathbabe

I gave a talk to the invitation-only NYC CTO Club a couple of weeks ago about my fears about big data modeling, namely:that big data modeling is discriminatory,
that big data modeling increases inequality, and
that big data modeling threatens democracy.
I had three things on my “to do” list for the audience of senior technologists, namely:test internal, proprietary models for discrimination,
help regulators like the CFPB develop […]

Discrimination potential seen in 'big data' use – Phys.org

A White House review of how the government and private sector use large sets of data has found that such information could be used to discriminate against Americans on issues such as housing and employment even as it makes their lives easier in many ways.

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Here's How 'Big Data' Can Really Hurt The Poor – Huffington Post

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House review of how the government and private sector use large sets of data has found that such information could be used to discriminate against Americans on issues such as housing and employment even as it makes their lives easier in many ways.”Big data” is everywhere.It allows mapping apps to ping cellphones anonymously and determine, […]

At Berkeley, experts mine questions of Big Data, power and privacy

BERKELEY — Introducing the first of four panels of experts at Tuesday’s daylong workshop on “Big Data: Values and Governance,” UC Berkeley’s Deirdre Mulligan compared and contrasted today’s era of information overload with 1973, when Americans typed on IBM Selectrics and banked with human tellers.Deirdre Mulligan: Looking at how information is “crossing borders and boundaries.”Mulligan, an assistant professor in […]

If by “Big Data” You Mean “Big Campaign Donations” | emptywheel

President Obama has named the people who will help John Podesta accomplish this task.I have also asked my Counselor, John Podesta, to lead a comprehensive review of big data and privacy. This group will consist of government officials who—along with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology—will reach out to privacy experts, technologists and business leaders, and look […]

White House to Examine Big Data Industry in a Post-Snowden Light …

A blog post released by the White House this afternoon suggests the fallout from leaker Edward Snowden’s disclosures last year about the National Security Agency’s widespread surveillance projects will spread far beyond questions about government monitoring.A presidential working group is to examine how large-scale data collection and analysis by the private and public sectors for purposes outside of intelligence or […]

Big Data and the Future of Privacy | The White House

John PodestaJanuary 23, 2014 03:30 PM EST Share This PostLast Friday, the President spoke to the American people, and the international community, about how to keep us […]