The concern over content selection at GoogleNews continues on Buzzmachine. I've had various reactions, which can be found throughout the comment threads, and in my earlier post on transparency. Allow me to highlight three more issues:SourcesThis issue first arose when…
Category: Values In Design
Understanding how ethical values are embedded in technology, and working to ensure values are considered in technology design practices.
German Greens Worry About Google
[via Google Blogoscoped]The German green party, Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen, is worrying about search engine monopolies and a lack of transparency (and a long-lived cookie) in Google. The green party is currently ruling this country in a coalition with the…
IT Developers Need to Consider Privacy Implications of Systems
Privacy Digest points to this ComputerWeekly.com article reporting a debate among senior representatives from IT user companies, suppliers, government and universities about how IT designers' need to be aware of privacy concerns when designing their systems.IT can have a major…
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Demanding Transparency in GoogleNews
Jeff Jarvis recently demanded more transparency in GoogleNews:We're demanding transparency of mainstream news.Well, it's high time we get transparency from GoogleNews.Instapundit and LGF point to a nazi site -- complete with "love your race" graphics -- that is part of…
French News Agency Sues Google News
French news agency Agence France Presse has sued Google, alleging the Web search leader includes AFP's photos, news headlines and stories on its news site without permission (read AFP's copyright notice here). The French news service is seeking damages of…
Wired: Search Rank Easy to Manipulate
Wired Magazine reports on how search engine optimization expert Greg Boser manipulates search engine results. He complicates Google's claim that PageRank "relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of…
Graduate Student Workshop: Values in Computer and Information System Design
The website for the Workshop Values in Computer and Information System Design has launched (my design).Graduate Student Workshop: Values in Computer Information System DesignDespite a growing body of research and scholarship dedicated both to theoretical and practical dimensions of this…
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MGM v. Grokster
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has an excellent page summarizing the MGM v. Grokster case and a complete listing of all the supporting court documents and amicus briefs related to the case. From their page:EFF is defending StreamCast Networks, the company…
Ethics of Robot Design
There's a discussion today on Slashdot regarding the threats and benefits of using robots to monitor both children and employees. As reported by ABC News, Microsoft is researching such technology:The teddy bear sitting in the corner of the child's room…
Srinija Srinivasan: Perception and Policy at Yahoo!
Srinija Srinivasan, Yahoo's editor-in-chief, presented at the latest Colloquium on Information Technology & Society hosted by the Information Law Institute at the New York University School of Law. Her talk was "Perception and Policy at Yahoo!" and discussed her role…
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