4/17: The Web and (Mis)Information

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"Bias already exists in search engine results, and it’s only going to get worse"

Class

1. Completing our understanding of Snowden's revelations

2. Quick report by Dr. X: Cadwalladr, “Google, democracy and the truth about internet search.”

• "The Great Brexit Robbery" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
• How Cambridge Analytica Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions: https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000005806669/cambridge-analytica-facebook-profiles.html
• "Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles' – video": https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-we-spent-1m-harvesting-millions-of-facebook-profiles-video

3. Ekström, “Can We Solve For Bias In Tech?” https://www.npr.org/2019/02/15/694292327/andreas-ekstr-m-can-we-solve-for-bias-in-tech

For next class

• Read: Shane, “From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece.”
• Write: Draft two of the Wikipedia reflection, adding specific examples.   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/127g0Z2LaNVPszFkgNrfuJdU5JOYdNWcIoD1GefKABu4/edit?usp=sharing
• Start thinking about a topic and an angle for your major paper:  https://forms.gle/H4Mq8mVk31S3L3Ee9     Responses here:   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1opexnHRm9hxcNap8U9MOdsPojeV5GkWiAxdZBKGn8gE/edit?usp=sharing

4/15: Mass and Targeted Surveillance

Class

1. Report on the documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply

• Vocabulary: 
• The Onion, Stasi; 
• Pre crime, Minority Report, The Royal Wedding; 
• loophole, gag order, 4th Amendment, Third-party doctrine

• If you have not watched  Terms and Conditions, you must do so now.

2. Lecture on The Guardian's "The NSA Files: Decoded"

3. Snowden, “Here’s how we take back the Internet”:   https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet

For next class

• Read: Shane, “From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece.”
• Write: Draft two of the Wikipedia reflection, adding specific examples. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/127g0Z2LaNVPszFkgNrfuJdU5JOYdNWcIoD1GefKABu4/edit?usp=sharing