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The Markup Oct 14, 2023

As a keen observer of misinformation on social media, Markup reporter Lam Thuy Vo knows that #algorithms and #social platforms can often favor a privileged minority.

How that pattern appears on Neighbors, explained in this week’s newsletter:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/10/14/how-ring-cameras-have-the-power-to-perpetuate-bias-to-police

How Ring Cameras Have the Power to Perpetuate Bias to Police – The Markup

Cops already listen to the needs of wealthy and White residents far more than that of people of color. Tech companies threaten to make the problem worse in the way they share community surveillance.

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NikiStone

@themarkup I watched a video of a ring camera made public this week where it looked like a black young man was racially profiled by the police. As he was near home, it looks like he ran to his house and was banging on the door, screaming for his dad for help. The police beat him on camera on his doorstep, kicking him as he screamed in high pitches for his father to help him. Whilst I'm against big brother all together, if this was in fact his house, thankfully he had a doorbell camera.