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For years, scholars and activists have critiqued the algorithms used in data-driven policing, arguing that they merely techwash bias by making sloppy investigative work seem objective.https://interc.pt/2MszYHT 

Mass Dems chair apologizes to party members for role in scandal — but not to Alex Morse https://interc.pt/3titNXG  by @EoinHiggins_

“The recent rise of ‘fintech’ is just the latest saga in a centuries-old struggle between democratic accountability and unaccountable private power, with the latter hiding behind promises of technological innovation.”https://interc.pt/2NZCfel 

Beyond passively watching phones, the government worked to coerce people to participate in a biometrics program purported to be a health initiative.https://interc.pt/2MNCHeI 

The government’s decision to charge nonviolent activists under a terrorism-related law attracted widespread attention and drew condemnation from groups such as Amnesty International.https://interc.pt/3pFtV0X 

How the LAPD and Palantir use data to justify racist policing https://interc.pt/3cu36ZT  by @MaraHvistendahl

New #Deconstructed podcast: @RyanGrim discusses the Democrats’ sweeping election reform package with @RepSarbanes, @Jacob_S_Hacker, and @Schwarz.https://interc.pt/3oASUkP 

One wouldn’t know any of this from Robinhood’s faux-populist marketing about “democratizing finance,” but much like traditional Wall Street and Big Tech firms, fintech is building an echo chamber of industry voices and former regulators to ease oversight.https://interc.pt/39Fc453 

“Looks bitching, but it’s worthless,” one sergeant said of the LAPD’s data analysis infrastructure. One group of officers bought their captain a Ouija board to mock his faith in algorithms.https://interc.pt/2Mn3YVx 

At least 51 civilians were killed in the 10 raids, according to The Intercept’s reporting. In most cases, men and boys as young as 8, few of whom appear to have had any formal relationship with the Taliban, were summarily executed.https://interc.pt/3r9ISsw 

The Intercept obtained phone records from search warrants that showed an all-out blitz of calls between Snyder, Muchmore, and the soon-to-be Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon.https://interc.pt/39EvZ45 

Billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer, have given millions of dollars to organizations now peddling baseless claims about the election.https://interc.pt/3pCOgE6 

“Looks bitching, but it’s worthless,” one sergeant said of the LAPD’s data analysis infrastructure. One group of officers bought their captain a Ouija board to mock his faith in algorithms.https://interc.pt/39AVxil 

You wouldn’t know any of this from Robinhood’s faux-populist marketing about “democratizing finance,” but much like traditional Wall Street and Big Tech firms, fintech is building an echo chamber of industry voices and former regulators to ease oversight.https://interc.pt/3j2gE09 

Adelson chose U.S. support for Israeli apartheid. Progressives, and Palestinians, are living in the wreckage of that choice — and will struggle to climb out for years to come, writes @alexbkane.https://interc.pt/2Yt2qMp 

Taken together, the database obtained by The Intercept provides a broad overview of how the extensive surveillance systems deployed in Xinjiang fit together to repress minority populations, and how pervasively they impact day-to-day life in the region.https://interc.pt/3jfc8M1 

An EPA analysis obtained by @apmreports and The Intercept found that more than 9,000 federally subsidized housing properties sit within a mile of Superfund sites, some of the most polluted places in the country.https://interc.pt/3pBURyH 

Robinhood is a perfect example of fintech’s insidious power https://interc.pt/36q7gyo  by Timi Iwayemi, @MaxMoranHi