Information Access Seminar

Instagram filters, Google Map’s live directions, and Pokémon Go demonstrate how augmented reality enhances “real life.”

How technical systems employing algorithms are shaping and displacing human decision-making.

When algorithms are used for predicting recidivism, do they make the criminal justice system more fair and accurate, or do they perpetuate racial bias?

Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive.

A change to a society’s pattern of communication, coordination, trust, and coercion is culturally disruptive.

Has widespread news of abuse made people more protective of their personal data?

How librarians can support digital privacy practices in their communities.

Threats to information sharing, users, and free speech

Zachary Bleemer is director of the University of California ClioMetric History Project.

Marcia J. Bates is professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Information Studies.