Holding Big Data Accountable
Between advances in devices and the internet of things, data about our actions are being collected at an unprecedented rate. Julia Angwin and Kenneth Cukier dig into why we should think twice about giving up all of our data without thinking about its effects.
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Your impact checklist
Here are a list of things you can do before and after the event to join the conversation.
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Mentor a student in a STEM field.
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Explore the US government’s Open Data Portal.
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Get a copy of Julia Angwin’s book Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance which was named Best Business Book of the Year by the Financial Times.
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Read Kenneth Cukier’s illuminating book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think.
- Get involved with civic hack groups like Open City.
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