Here is a little video about our paper “Confronting Power and Corporate Capture at the FAccT conference”
Link to paper here https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3531146.3533194. And here is a link to a longer video.

The Critical Platform Studies Group (CritPlat) is an interdisciplinary research collective that interrogates information systems and practices to surface the power dynamics reflected in the production and allocation of information goods.

We seek to open new opportunities for inquiry into the role large information platforms play in society, convene critical conversations in existing information systems scholarly venues, and extend theoretical frameworks that make sense of emerging institutional forms.

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Check out the press release for our 2020 project with ACLU WA and the Tech Fairness Coalition

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