May 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there had been media reports about Amazon book search algorithms putting health- and vaccine-related misinformation at the top of reading lists. But as the pandemic has brought new attention to the risks of...
May 21, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
Four University of Washington Information School Capstone 2021 projects sponsored by the Center for an Informed Public will be presented during a virtual event on Thursday, May 27. This year’s Capstone gala event, which is open to the public, features nearly 100...
May 18, 2021 | News, Updates
The University of Washington Information School has named Michael Caulfield, the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver, as an affiliate instructor. Caulfield, who has regularly collaborated with UW’s Center for an Informed...
Apr 29, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Updates
After the Federal Trade Commission published an April 19 blog post warning businesses that using racially biased algorithms may violate federal law, including the FTC Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Equal Opportunity Act, CIP cofounder and UW School of Law...
Apr 27, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
In an April 27 “State of Our Vote” virtual discussion with Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan hosted by the City Club of Portland, CIP researcher Andrew Beers, a UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering PhD student, discussed key...
Apr 16, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Uncategorized, Updates
In a recent piece examining the challenges the nation faces with misinformation, New York Times contributing opinion writer Timothy Egan detailed “three things we could do now to clean up the river of falsities poisoning our democracy,” citing the good that...
