Taking on Big Tech: New Paradigms for New Possibilities - Oct. 6

[Wendy Philpott]

Concerned about ethical design in technologies as well as social justice within the tech sector? Join the CrySP Speaker Series on Privacy with guest Safiya Umoja Noble (UCLA) on October 6, 2020, 1:30pm via Zoom

Abstract:
Taking on Big Tech: New Paradigms for New Possibilities

In her recent best-selling book Algorithms of Oppression, Dr. Safiya Noble challenges the idea that “Big Tech” offers an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Her work argues that the combination of private interests, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of internet companies, leads to a limited understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in everyday digital engagements.

Data discrimination is a real social problem, and in this talk, Noble offers a powerful set of data points, examples, and provocations. She asserts we are just at the beginning of creating new paradigms of justice with the tech sector.

Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies.

For event Zoom link and more information: https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/speakers/20201006-Noble

This message is shared on behalf of professors Jennifer Whitson (Sociology and Legal Studies) and Ian Goldberg (Cheriton School of Computer Science).

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