A group of seven Democratic members of Congress has issued a public letter demanding the Justice Department stop issuing grants to fund predictive policing projects, unless the agency “can ensure that ...

In an era marked by technological advancements, the thin line between ensuring public safety and invading individual privacy has become increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ...

When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans protested, demanding civic leaders dismantle long-standing police practices and ...

This article is republished from The Markup. Read the original article, which was copublished with WIRED. Crime predictions generated for the police department in Plainfield, New Jersey, rarely lined ...

Should data scientists be in the business of fingering Americans for crimes they could commit, someday? Last month, a group of federal lawmakers asked the Department of Justice to stop funding such ...

Automation can be the key to unlocking efficiency—but what happens when the algorithms at the core of an automated process perpetuate racial and economic biases? A ...

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