Webinar: Algorithmic Bias "Better" Policy and Practice for Civil Society

Next week: Join us Monday, October 1st at 10am PT / 1pm ET for Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy & Practice for Civil Society, a virtual roundtable discussion co-presented by Digital Impact and Media Mobilizing Project. Pretrial risk assessment algorithms are often correlated with race and perpetuate decades of racial, ethnic, and economic bias. With funding from a 2016 Digital Impact Grant, Media Mobilizing Project is leading a project to understand pretrial risk assessment algorithms with the goal of illuminating the bias and transparency issues inherent in many of these tools. To help ensure that these tools benefit those they are meant to serve, the AI Now Institute at New York University is working with civil society organizations and research institutions to challenge government use of algorithmic decision systems. In her latest book, Automating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks details how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class Americans. Join us as we look at case studies of applied algorithms in civil society and highlight organizations working toward better policy. Lucy Bernholz, Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab, will host a live exchange with: Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of Automating Inequality; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research for the AI Now Institute; and Di Luong, Research and Policy Organizer at Media Mobilizing Project. Together these speakers will discuss the critical role of civil society groups in conducting and communicating research on these technologies, and offer a glimpse of a roadmap for building coalitions around digital policymaking. Bring your questions as we explore better policy and practice for civil society in the age of artificial intelligence. REGISTER NOW Have a question about this topic for the panel? Send it in advance to hello@digitalimpact.org and follow on social media with #DataDiscrimination. Can’t make the discussion? Register ahead of the event for an invite to access the recorded video and podcast. Share Tweet Forward Digital Impact is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. We improve the digital infrastructure for civil society and help social sector practitioners and policymakers use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively for maximum impact. You are receiving this message because you subscribed to receive email updates from Digital Impact. Text and images are available under the Create Commons Attribution Noncommercial Unported 3.0 License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. To opt out from future communications, please click here. SUPPORTED BY Gates, Knight, Liquidnet