The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project has prepared an overview of Human Rights, Tech and AI related news stories. This summary contains news articles from 10- 23 November 2020.
Artificial Intelligence
Can an Algorithm prevent suicide? – New York Times
How AI is helping lung cancer patients in Covid 19 era – BBC news
Covid 19
How China crushed the Coronavirus – BBC news
China pushes for QR code based global travel system – BBC News
The hot new Covid tech is wearable and constantly tracks you – New York Times
Why people don’t trust contact tracing apps and what to do about it – MIT Technology Review
Health
These algorithms could bring an end to the world’s deadliest killer – New York Times
Mobile robo-surgeons could widen access to key hole surgery – BBC news
Social media
Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation – Guardian
Nobody can block it: how the Telegram app fuels global protest – Guardian
How big tech got bigger: Facebook, QAnon and the world’s slackening grip on reality. – Guardian
Surveillance
UN warns of impact of smart borders on refugees – “Data collection isn’t apolitical” – Guardian
Europe is adopting stricter rules on surveillance tech – MIT Technology Review
US Election
The election was a chance for Facebook and Twitter to show they could control misinformation. Now lawmakers are grilling them on it. – Washington Post
Twitter says it labelled 02.% of all election-related tweets as disputed – New York Times
Stop the steal supporters, restrained by Facebook, turn to Parler to peddle false election claims – Washington Post
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