Each week the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 18 to 24 March 2017.
Health
Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms – Health and Technology
Google DeepMind’s NHS deal under scrutiny – BBC
Using big data to analyse images, video better than the human brain – ScienceDaily
Surveillance
Met police accused of using hackers to access protesters’ emails – The Guardian
Post-Snowden Internet Policy – Media and Communication Journal special issue
Real-time face recognition threatens to turn cops’ body cameras into surveillance machines – The Intercept_
Other
Tomorrow’s cities: Are your shoes giving away data? – BBC
Big Data and Society
Big Data and Society Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era – Big Data and Society
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