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Automating Inequality: Do High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor?


November 06, 2017


Join us for a talk by Virginia Eubanks, author, activist and Professor of Political Science,

New data-driven technologies in public services such as child protection, homeless services, and public assistance offer opportunities to integrate programs, lower barriers to participation, and promote administrative efficiencies. But they are also part of a long and often-shameful history of invasive, unaccountable, and targeted information collection in poor and working-class communities. In this talk, critical media scholar and data justice activist Virginia Eubanks considers: Can big data, algorithmic decision-making, and predictive statistical models contribute to economic equity, racial justice, and the health of democracy? Or are they simply part of an architecture of surveillance built to profile, police, and punish the poor?

Register free: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/automating-inequality-do-high-tech-tools-profile-police-and-punish-the-poor-tickets-38368013762?aff=es2

Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue: University of Calgary
Location: 2500 University Drive Calgary, AB
Website: http://www.facebook.com/UCalgaryCMF/
Categories: Science & Technology

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