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U.S. Dept. of Palantir Peter Thiel's Palantir to IPO within weeks, start trading before election Xeni Jardin
a well-regulated militia A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn
Things that look like other things Scarves that look like those crazy-long CVS receipts Rusty Blazenhoff
threat models matter Not only is Google's auto-delete good for privacy, it's also good news for competition Cory Doctorow
consent is sexy Australia wants to kill consent requirement in proposed data-sharing legislation, calls it "nuance" Cory Doctorow
big data Crowdfunding a picture book about resisting surveillance Cory Doctorow
network effects Collecting user data is a competitive disadvantage Cory Doctorow
algorithmic discrimination To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: "The Bigot in the Machine," a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney's Cory Doctorow
negativland Exclusive: "More Data": Negativland's video short about data privacy and surveillance Mark Hosler, Negativland
backlinks Open dataset of 1.78b links from the public web, 2016-2019 Cory Doctorow
spurious correlation Big Data's "theory-free" analysis is a statistical malpractice Cory Doctorow
terrible advice 20,000 Dear Abby letters analyzed in study of "American" anxieties Rob Beschizza
mass incarceration In U.S. prisons, women are disciplined at a higher rate than men Xeni Jardin
the signals network Nonprofit will coordinate 30 global investigative journalists to report leaked stories of big data abuse Cory Doctorow
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Gates Foundation spent $775m on a Big Data education project that was worse than useless Cory Doctorow
articles of faith The most interesting thing about the "Thanksgiving Effect" study is what it tells us about the limits of data anonymization Cory Doctorow