A blog about social media, datafication and development
Author: <span>Paul Denys</span>

Author: Paul Denys

50 shades of surveillance

  As we traverse the digital landscape, we are being subjected to constant tracking and surveillance which siphons off our personal and sensitive information to feed the big data machine. What’s alarming is the number of entities that are involved in the process, some can be characterized as benign hoarders; …

Algorithms and the (mis)carriage of justice.

  The deployment of algorithms in various areas of society is becoming more widespread and pervasive. Given the numerous issues that have been identified with the way in which algorithms function; especially when it comes to inherent biases, the programming and coding as well as the human to computer interaction …