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A Syllabus of Actions for Building the Society We Want
This post is about a Syllabus of Actions, the result of last fall’s Building the Society We Want workshop, co-hosted by Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy and Center for Human Values. The central theme of the workshop was rejecting the premise that any new technology constitutes “progress” except insofar as it causes too many…
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Rising Juniors and Seniors – Do you want to make an impact with public interest technology this summer?
Apply here now to be part of the Siegel Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship! Artificial intelligence, privacy and security, social media platforms and the internet are influencing all sectors of society — from the justice system and banking, to online shopping and the way we work. Indeed, the demand for expertise is great. Each summer,…
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CITP is hiring for multiple positions, including professor, fellow and Emerging Scholar. Join us!
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and CITP are accepting applications for an assistant, associate or full professor whose work aligns with CITP’s priorities areas: platforms and digital Infrastructure; data science, AI and society, and privacy and security. Please apply here. Fellows Program We are accepting applications for…
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We have job openings!
The Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy is hiring for the following positions: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor CITP is now accepting applications for a new assistant, associate or full professor whose research work aligns with our three priorities areas: Visit the Princeton University’s Open Faculty & Academic Professional Positions for application details. Fellows Program (Postdoctoral…
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ExpressVote XL “fix” doesn’t fix anything
Five years ago I described a serious security flaw in the design of all-in-one voting machines made by two competing manufacturers, ES&S and Dominion. These all-in-one machines work like this: the voter indicates choices on a touchscreen; then a printer prints the votes onto a paper ballot; the voter has a chance to review the…
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CITP Comments on AI Accountability
Recently, the White House opened a number of opportunities for the public to comment on the growing field of accountability for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues, launched a comment process that…
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States Sending Data to TikTok from Government Websites Despite Concerns
By Yash Parikh and Mihir Kshirsagar While some states like Montana are trying to ban data collection by TikTok, other states like Missouri are actively – and perhaps, unknowingly – sending their citizen’s data to TikTok. Yash Parikh, a Princeton computer science student, conducted research that reveals that at least one Missouri government website – covidvaccine.mo.gov…
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CITP Tech Clinic Files Amicus Brief In Gonzalez v. Google Case
By Nia Brazzell and Mihir Kshirsagar In Gonzalez v. Google, a case under review at the Supreme Court, the families of individuals killed by ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris allege that YouTube aided and abetted terrorist strikes by radicalizing recruits through personalized recommendations of videos. CITP’s Tech Policy Clinic filed its first amicus brief before…
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Why the voting machines failed in Mercer County
On Election Day, November 8, 2022, every voting machine in every polling place in Mercer County, New Jersey failed to work. Voters in each precinct filled in the ovals in their preprinted optical-scan paper ballots, but the voting machines couldn’t read them. So voters were instructed to put their ballots into “slot 3” of the…
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CITP Seeks Postdocs for Fellows Program
Those with a background in information integrity, or in precision health are especially encouraged to apply. As part of our Fellows program, CITP is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate. This position is designed for people who have recently received or are about to receive a Ph.D. Applicants should have experience conducting research in at least…
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CITP is Hiring a Professor
We are seeking an Assistant, Associate, or Full professor whose work aligns with one or more of our three focus areas. Please visit the Princeton University open position’s page for more details about the position and the application. Both CITP and Princeton University seek for our research communities to be diverse and inclusive. This commitment…
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Princeton CITP Launches the Digital Witness Lab to Help Journalists Track Bad Actors on Platforms
Read the full announcement and Q & A with Investigative Data Journalist and Engineer, Surya Mattu. Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) is excited to announce the launch of the Digital Witness Lab — an innovative research laboratory where engineers will design software and hardware tools to track the inner workings of social media platforms, and help journalists…