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Amos Toh
@AmosToh
@hrw senior researcher, investigating the role of technology in poverty and inequality. there's still a lot about the world i don't know. he/him
Apr 13, 2020 • 20 tweets • 14 min read
1/ I wrote in @Wired that the rush to capitalize on #BigData to solve #COVID19 may lead to deeply unjust outcomes for people living in poverty and other marginalized populations. This thread discusses additional research and latest developments:
wired.com/story/big-data… 2/ ICYMI “data for good” projects seek public health insights from changes in ppl’s movements and behaviors over time. At least 2 problematic assumptions here: a) location data is a reliable proxy of people’s movements; and b) people’s movements/behaviors ≡ disease spread
Dec 19, 2018 • 14 tweets • 9 min read
.@tumblr's ill-conceived ban on adult content is yet another example of the troubling gap between the tech sector’s #humanrights commitments and the reality of commercial content governance. @TarletonG @davidakaye @chinmayiarun @cynthiamw @busydot @jhybe @rmack @MichaelSamway Like many tech companies, @Oath, which owns @tumblr, says all the right things. It embraces a responsibility to “respect and promote” free expression, and even commits to #humanrights impact assessments (rare in the field despite recent wave of scandals). oath.com/our-story/busi…