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Computer Science - 25.06.2025
Pervasive surveillance of people is being used to access, monetise, coerce, and control
Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches. New research has underlined the surprising extent to which pervasive surveillance of people and their habits is powered by computer vision research - and shone a spotlight on how vulnerable individuals and communities are at risk.
Media - Computer Science - 10.02.2024
New eLetter in Science questions study suggesting its news-feed algorithms are not major drivers of misinformation
A new eLetter has called into question the conclusion of a widely reported study , funded by Meta, that suggested Facebook and Instagram algorithms are not major drivers of misinformation based on a claim that the platforms successfully filtered out untrustworthy news surrounding the 2020 election.
