Getting personal with Ayla: Muslim Catholic Spiritual Lesbian Mother Interview Ayla grew up as a second generation Turkish German in Berlin. In the interview she shares her story about growing up in a Muslim family, running away from home as a teenager, becoming a mother and converting to Catholicism while falling in love with a woman. By Lea Noa
Algorithmic Injustice: Mend it or End it Comment Computers are often thought of as neutral technology. However, it becomes alarmingly clear that machines learn from training data made up of outdated social norms, values and attitudes towards race and gender. This can have insidious consequences. By Noel Sharkey
Dealing with the cause, rather than trying to clear up afterwards: changing men’s attitudes to women and technology "Digital technologies are created and sold primarily to generate profit; in contributing to economic growth, their use has been one of the most important reasons for increasing global inequalities." By Tim Unwin
Online Freedom of Expression in the Era of #MeToo "Despite attempts to reclaim the internet, it seems that the patriarchy is fighting back." By Shmyla Khan
Digitalisation is not just bounded to technology, it affects our society at large "Public debates should make an effort not only to address the topic of AI in general, but to focus on concrete applications of data science, machine learning, and algorithms." By Dr. Tatiana Bazzichelli
Youth voices in Internet Governance – visibility beyond tokenism? "What is more, if judged by the effect that Internet regulations take on different parts of society, by mere numbers and exposure, young people are affected in many cases, and should be consulted." By Elisabeth Schauermann
The Portals to the World are Locked for Millions "This will only change if the disability rights movement’s call for “Nothing about us without us” is finally put into practice." By Raul Aguayo-Krauthausen
Effective legal protection against hate speech online as anti-discrimination measure "In current debates on legislative measures against online hate speech, the vulnerability of marginalized groups is often instrumentalized for political purposes. " By Kathrin Ganz , Dr. Kathy Meßmer and Kelda Niemeyer
Tyranny by Database in Kenya "What does this mean for the Nubians, and other sensitive groups such as refugees and border communities?" By Kedolwa Waziri
Non-discrimination by design?! "To countervail the discriminatory effects of digitalization the sociotechnical approach towards IT development must be strengthened." By Claude Draude
