More and more people turn to quantified health, achievement, and ability measures, such as fitness apps and economic measures of well-being every single day. As part of this trend, medicalized approaches to human health often describe people in terms of statistics and data, sometimes failing to capture more important details. In particular, the quantified approach falls short in describing the needs and rights of disabled people, as seen in lawsuits and case studies involving algorithmic decision-making about disability benefits. 

 
Here to talk about algorithmic decision-making and quantification in disability benefits in the United States and India are Vandana Chaudhry, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Disability Studies at the City University of New York who focuses on disability and digital justice in the Global South, and Lydia X.Z. Brown, activist for disability justice, Director of Public Policy at the National Disability Institute, and CDT’s very own former policy counsel.

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Josh sits down with Jadzia Butler, Privacy Surveillance & Security Fellow for CDT. Jadzia and Josh delve into the the balance between government security, the needs of corporations and individual rights.
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Released on December 8, Episode I features a conversation between host Kirby Ferguson and journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow as they examine where copyright is working, where it isn’t, and what changes are needed to catch up to the technological innovations of the digital age.

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GPD's executive director Charles Bradley talks to Emma Llansó, Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) about the role of intermediaries like Facebook and Twitter, and how growing pressure on them to remove user content might affect our freedom of expression.

EPISODE 6: Who gets to decide when online content should be removed? (S1)

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