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Totally agree with @pahlkadot and @steiny: values-driven digital competence is a baseline requirement for this administration. What counts as baseline in 2020 has to include a deep understanding of the complexities of the algorithmic state and the social context it's deployed in. https://twitter.com/pahlkadot/status/1327444083128745987
We’ve learned a great deal about the ways in which tech/data systems can be gamed and manipulated to undermine trust in government institutions. 2/x https://points.datasociety.net/who-benefits-from-health-misinformation-8d094804058d
We’ve seen the ways in which the use of algorithmic decision-making systems in government services can override and undermine human expertise, 3/x https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/books/review/automating-inequality-virginia-eubanks.html
…harm the most vulnerable, 4/x https://datasociety.net/library/poverty-lawgorithms/
…deepen existing inequality, 5/x https://www.npr.org/2020/10/30/929204946/joy-buolamwini-how-do-biased-algorithms-damage-marginalized-communities
…and interfere with due process. 6/x https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/how-computers-are-harming-criminal-justice.html
And we’ve seen proposed government data policy undermining core scientific data, and trust in science as we grapple with existential issues where trusted data sets are urgent and crucial, like climate change: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/24/pruitt-to-unveil-controversial-transparency-rule-limiting-what-research-epa-can-use/. 7/x
…and the census 8/x https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/08/07/trumps-new-plan-to-hijack-the-census-will-imperil-americas-future/
Values-driven digital competence in government is critical. The new administration needs to prioritize staff that see the potential to strengthen trust in government through tech tools and policy *and* who identify and defend against harms and vulnerabilities. 9/x
So many smart people leading this critical work: @jovialjoy @carlykind_ @PopTechWorks @YESHICAN @profmgilman @RebeccaWexler @zephoria @alixtrot @seanmmcdonald to name a tiny subset. #buildbackbetter /end
