The History of Privacy
In the 19th century the US company E. A. Boyd & Sons imported plate glass without paying their taxes. The…
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Social Media Ethics
In a world where social media has become a daily part of our lives, it’s easy to forget how…
The Ethics of Microtargeting
Microtargeting has become a core part of how businesses, political campaigns, and even social causes reach you.
It’s everywhere…
AI Systems Using Persuasion and Manipulation
Marketing often walks a fine line between helping customers make informed decisions and pushing them toward choices that may not…
What Are Your Organization's Data Ethics?
Many of the largest technology companies are actually in the business of buying and selling your attention. They want you…
The Ethics of Data Accuracy
Staying accurate means simply presenting the facts. You can’t change the facts based on your own ideas or biases.…
Understanding Epistemic Responsibility
Deontology focuses on reasoning. Utilitarianism and virtue ethics are all about enhancing the common good. And contractualism is about creating…
The Ethics in Data Modeling
Data ethics modeling is how you apply ethical principles to the design and use of data models. It’s about…
Designing Ethical Algorithms
What Are Data Models?
No one in my family likes going to the grocery store. So I’m usually the…
The Ethical Challenges in Data Manipulation
At its core, data manipulation involves changing, omitting, or presenting data in a way that misrepresents the truth. This could…
Gradient Descent Algorithm for Machine Learning
The Gradient Descent Algorithm is very important in machine learning. People use it to optimize models by lowering the cost…
How Machines Learn
When people first encounter the concept of machine learning, they often wonder how machines learn? We are accustomed to working…
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