REVERB is a new documentary series from CBS Reports. Watch "Racial Profiling 2.0" in the video player above. Throughout its history, the LAPD has found itself embroiled in controversy over racially ...
In an investigation from Gizmodo and The Markup, reporters found that software tended to disproportionately predict crimes in low-income communities and communities of color. Many law enforcement ...
When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans protested, demanding civic leaders dismantle long-standing police practices and ...
Santa Cruz has banned predictive policing, in which law enforcement used data to try to predict where crimes occur. (Thomas Mendoza / Associated Press) Nearly a decade ago, Santa Cruz was among the ...
Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Andrea Bertozzi is the Director of Applied Mathematics department. In fact, Bertozzi is the Director of Applied Mathematics ...
The question of algorithms outpacing their utility and perpetuating structural violence is no longer a dystopian hypothetical, but rather a terrifying reality of contemporary society. The roots of ...
A co-reported investigation with Gizmodo and The Markup into PredPol A co-reported investigation with Gizmodo and The Markup into PredPol PredPol’s algorithm is supposed to make predictions based on ...
Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Democrats in both chambers of Congress are calling for the Department of Justice to halt grant funding for predictive policing systems ...
(TNS) — After fostering the development of predictive-policing technology a decade ago, Santa Cruz, Calif., on Tuesday became the first city in the U.S. to approve a ban on its use. Both predictive ...
Law enforcement in America is facing a day of reckoning over its systemic, institutionalized racism and ongoing brutality against the people it was designed to protect. Virtually every aspect of the ...
Rio Wojtecki, a 15-year-old Florida resident, hadn't been in trouble for nearly a year. But in late 2019, sheriff's deputies started showing up everywhere to "check up" on him. Over four months, ...
This article was originally published on The Markup and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. When George Floyd was killed in May after a police ...