December 10, 2021
Data Statements highlighted in SpeechTechMag
Speech Technology Magazine
Co-Director and Professor Batya Friedman along with Faculty Associate and Professor Emily M. Bender’s recent paper titled “Data Statements for Natural Language Processing: Toward Mitigating System Bias and Enabling Better Science,” was highlighted in a natural language processing article by SpeechTechMag. It discussed AI in facial recognition systems and how data statements are key in understanding why […]
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Two Co-Directors Look Back at the 2020 Election: Data Collection, Privacy, and Misinformation
Various
As 2021 came to a close, a few pieces took a look back about what had been learned about data collection, privacy, and misinformation in the 2020 campaign. An article on the 2020 political ads looking at personal information collected and misleading information featured TPL Co-Director Tadayoshi Kohno, who highlighted the election as a historic […]
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Co-Director featured in The Verge surrounding privacy and future societal implications of technology
The Verge
Co-Director Batya Friedman identifies the need for adaptability when creating technology to address its unforeseen environmental, social, and technical impacts in The Next Privacy Crisis by Adi Robertson. “It’s very typical that developers of a technology have one kind of idea about what its uptake in society might be, and then the actual uptake turns out […]
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Co-Director Urges for Better Transparency of Driver Data & Privacy
Newsweek
In an article with Newsweek, TPL Co-Director Ryan Calo participates in the current conversations surrounding driver data privacy. According to the article, cars have begun to collect immense amounts of data on their drivers. Unbeknownst to these drivers, their data is being sold to third parties like insurance companies to ‘tailor services to the average […]
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TPL Faculty Associate Franzi Roesner honored by NSF and Consumer Reports
Allen School News
TPL Faculty Associate Franzi Roesner was recently honored by NSF and Consumer Reports. Roesner earned a Consumer Reports Advocacy Digital Lab Fellowship to advance research into the spread of problematic online ad content to support more positive digital experiences for everyone. Together with Allen School colleague Amy Zhang, Roesner won an NSF Convergence Accelerator for […]
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Co-Director and Faculty Associate awarded with 2021 Towards Trustworthy Products in AR, VR, and Smart Devices RFP
Facebook Research
TPL Co-Director Tadayoshi Kohno and Associate Faculty Franziska Roesner were winners of the 2021 Towards Trustworthy Products in AR, VR, and Smart Devices request for proposals launched by Facebook. The pair submitted a high-quality proposal related to secure multi-application augmented and virtual reality platforms.
ArticleSeptember 23, 2021
Tech Policy Lab Co-Director and Researcher Honored with Golden Goose Award for Work on Automotive Cybersecurity
UW News
Tech Policy Lab Co-Director Tadayoshi Kohno and Researcher Karl Koscher were honored with the Golden Goose Award for their work on automotive cybersecurity by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
ArticleSeptember 15, 2021
Co-Director Shares Concerns About Information Collected in Robot Vacuums
Washington Post
Co-Director Ryan Calo shares concerns about how robot vacuums have crossed privacy boundaries, as some are now equipped with a built-in camera meant to avoid dog poop, which if hacked could release images of the user home to the company’s database unencrypted.
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Tech Policy Lab named by Forbes as a Leading Social Impact Platform Making a Difference with Digital Potential
Forbes
Forbes listed 20 leading social impact platforms making a difference with digital potential, in which the Tech Policy Lab was included.
ArticleJuly 13, 2021
Tech Policy Lab in the News
Various
During the 2020-2021 school year, the Tech Policy Lab was in the news with experts quoted in variety of articles on various subjects. Subject matter includes autonomous vehicles, data collection and surveillance, surprise charges, and liability tied to misinformation. Below are some highlights. Uber, Autonomous Vehicles, Criminal Liability September 17, 2020, Wired, Why Wasn’t Uber […]
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