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David Weinberger: [2b2k] Big Data and the Commons

I’m at the Engaging Big Data 2013 conference put on by Senseable City Lab at MIT. After the morning’s opener by Noam Chomsky (!), I’m leading one of 12 concurrent sessions. I’m supposed to talk for...

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Join the Conversation on Big Data and Privacy | The White House

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Tweet from wikipedia brown

Good friend of mine has been in #BatonRouge wants to share but is uncomfortable w/Twitter. So I'm gonna do a little clinic for new folks.

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Analysis | Aren’t more white people than black people killed by police? Yes,...

Blacks are shot and killed by police at 2.5 times the rate of whites.

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You Should Probably Check Your Pokémon Go Privacy Settings

The company behind the game is collecting players' data. And it's most definitely catching them all.

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Responsible Data Challenges in Agriculture: We Want to Hear From You!

written by Lindsay Ferris Agricultural data, from soil and weather information to market prices and product yield, touches upon many actors throughout the processes of collection, storage, sharing,...

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Uber Just Partnered With a Spy Satellite Company

DigitalGlobe will provide the ride-sharing giant with fresh imagery for analysis.

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What, Congressman Steve King Asks, Have Nonwhites Done for Civilization?

Mr. King, a Republican representative from Iowa, was criticized on TV and Twitter after contrasting the contributions of “old white people” with those of “subgroups” on MSNBC.

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Forbidden Research | MIT Media Lab

In a world where seemingly anything is possible, there are still lines of inquiry and research that—for a host of reasons—remain forbidden. Exploring restricted scientific and cultural topics in the...

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Tweet from Sinan Eren

I'm getting reports of Turkish cops demanding people on public transportion to unlock their phones to inspect @WhatsApp conversation logs!

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Leslie Jones Spent The Day Retweeting Her Racist Harassers And Twitter Won’t Do Anything https://t.co/v2t3AHUc4U https://t.co/ibzfoY4Pns

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HRC resolution on human rights on the internet: What really happened? |...

The Human Rights Council passed a significant resolution late last month reaffirming the importance of protecting and promoting human rights on the internet. The resolution, as expected, faced...

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Zika Data From the Lab, and Right to the Web

A primate lab’s free sharing of information, contrary to the norm of saving data for publication, may lead to a model for responding to epidemics.

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The Social-Network Illusion That Tricks Your Mind

Network scientists have discovered how social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it is actually rare.

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U.S. Customs Wants Your Online Accounts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is considering asking travelers for their social media usernames upon entry at the border. Think that might not be such a good idea? Take our survey now to let them...

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