Dr. Casey FieslerMay 16, 2023
I'm not teaching for a while, so #TechEthicsInTheNews has just become my own collection of news articles, but I'll be keeping it up so figure I might as well continue to share! Anyway, recent stuff... Eric Schmidt thinks the tech industry should regulate itself; the EU AI Act is moving forward; Twitter blocks content in Turkey; fanfiction data scraping for AI; Facebook privacy bug; growing concerns about AI-generated disinformation leading up to the 2024 U.S. elections... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=652166902
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SakMay 3, 2023

Please call your representatives and urge them to vote NO on the "EARN IT" act

This bill would violate the privacy of every American on the internet

#TechEthicsInTheNews #techpolicy

https://act.eff.org/action/the-earn-it-act-is-back-seeking-to-scan-us-all/

The “Earn It” Act is Back, Seeking To Scan Us All

We all have the right to have private conversations. They’re vital for free and informed self-government. When we want to have private conversations online, encryption makes it possible. Yet Congress is debating, for a third time, the EARN IT Act (S. 1207)—a bill that would threaten encryption, and instead seek to impose universal scanning of our messages, photos, and files. The EARN IT Act invites all 50 states to regulate internet services, hoping state legislatures will follow a set of “best practices” set by a federal commission stacked with law enforcement agencies. The bill’s supporters want to wipe true end-to-end encryption from the internet, and replace it with scanning software that puts us all in a permanent criminal lineup.

Dr. Casey FieslerMay 2, 2023
Here is the word cloud I made of the 250 news headlines collected for discussion in my tech ethics & policy class this semester. There was... a theme. :) (This is also the first year when FACEBOOK did not jump out as a major theme.) #TechEthicsInTheNews https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
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Dr. Casey FieslerMay 2, 2023
another #TechEthicsInTheNews update! In the past couple of weeks... "fake Drake" lights a fire under AI copyright discussions; concerns over Apple and Amazon collecting health data; what the "Imgur apocalypse" will take with it; Palantir says of course war AI will be totally ethical; Italy lifts ChatGPT ban; writers guild negotiations highlight AI; Geoff Hinton's Google departure... and tons more, more every day heh https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
Recent Tech Ethics & Policy News - Google Drive

Dr. Casey FieslerApr 10, 2023
it's been a while, but a new #TechEthicsInTheNews update: Twitter’s new labels for NPR and BBC, AI password cracking, ChatGPT’s hallucinations accused of defamation, Italy is the first western country to ban ChatGPT, cultural conflict in a Meta content moderation choice, the “AI pause” letter and its critiques, (yet another) facial recognition based false arrest, critiques of the RESTRICT Act... and a lot more https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
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Dr. Casey FieslerMar 13, 2023
Last week in #TechEthicsInTheNews - the FTC investigates Twitter, TikTok is working on assuaging security concerns in Europe, more printer DRM measures, WhatsApp says they won't weaken security in the face of new EU regulations, an AI beauty filter raises concerns, mental health app experiments on teen users, concerns about the impact of AI on "laptop class" workers, more Ring doorbell privacy loopholes, and more! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
Recent Tech Ethics & Policy News - Google Drive

Dr. Casey FieslerMar 3, 2023
#TechEthicsInTheNews update! an iPhone security risk, the FTC issues warning about AI marketing, Twitter censorship, continued concern over misinformation from generative AI, China restricts access to ChatGPT, TikTok institutes screen time limit for minors, copyright weaponized against journalists, and more! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
Recent Tech Ethics & Policy News - Google Drive

Dr. Casey FieslerFeb 23, 2023
#TechEthicsInTheNews update! the "unhinged" Bing chatbot, better gender representation in Salesforce software; Tesla privacy invasion allegations; security feature becomes paid feature on Twitter; ChatGPT is a prolific Kindle author; new research suggests privacy challenges in the metaverse... and more! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
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Show threadKim ScheinbergFeb 17, 2023

More week seven Fab Women #FollowFriday

@cfiesler - science educator in class & on TikTok, maintains the excellent #TechEthicsInTheNews doc

@catvalente - author, winner/nominee of all the awards, wrote both the best short story & non-fiction essay I read in '22

@carmenmitchell - funny commentary on academia and #AlternateBlackHistory, serious commentary on crim justice, civil rights

@maria - founder of Popula & Brick House, journalist & insightful critic of journalism, wonderfully dry wit

Dr. Casey FieslerFeb 15, 2023
#TechEthicsInTheNews update! scientists worry about Twitter API access; (more) evidence for algorithmic sexism; ChatGPT as a tool for AI ethics education in schools; prompt injection attacks on ChatGPT; reproductive data privacy bill blocked; lots of concern about imminent SCOTUS 230 ruling... and more! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHgRYtNQ_VeMzycayrpfGs1UFjw_-gipMcdH-SFgnTo/edit#gid=1614692948
Recent Tech Ethics & Policy News - Google Drive