Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often... 'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services ...

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‘Automating Inequality’ author set to speak in Auckland and Wellington on the impact of technology, data and algorithms on the poor and working-class AUCKLAND, 25 February 2019 – US-based professor ...

人々に恩恵をもたらすはずのテクノロジーが、時として社会的な不平等を助長するのに使われることがある。書籍「Automating Inequality（自動化された不平等）」の著者のユーバンクス准教授に、福祉サービスにデジタルツールが導入された際の歴史的な経緯や ...

In the fall of 2008, Omega Young got a letter prompting her to recertify for Medicaid. But she was unable to make the appointment because she was suffering from ovarian cancer. She called her local ...

"She lost her benefits, she couldn't afford her medication, she lost her food stamps, she couldn't pay her rent, she lost access to free transportation to her medical appointments," Virginia Eubanks ...

The state of Indiana denied one million applications for health care, food stamps, and cash benefits in three years - because a new computer system interpreted any application mistake as "failure to ...

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools ...