Algorithms

A quiet conversation at the Kingsmead Book Fair became a reflection on shrinking attention spans, digital culture and the fragile future of reading

He warns against reducing people to measurable outputs, predictive profiles or behavioural categories. Once technology becomes the standard by which human beings are judged, it…

Politicians’ conduct in parliament, media and public forums shapes not only the tone of electioneering but also the very fabric of democratic trust and social cohesion

These prosecutions mark a rising pattern: as elections approach across Africa, the distance between digital civic space and state power grows

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

South Africans’ history taught us the cost of inhumanity and that it was defeated by resistance, so we must not be indifferent to those building inequality in the world

Using artificial intelligence would address financial burdens, eliminate geographical restrictions and offer agility in conflict resolution – but there are pitfalls such as bias

We need a discussion about the intersection between technology and human rights so the loudest voices don’t drown out the most truthful

An Avaaz Investigation shows how its algorithms drag casual users into international wildlife trafficking rabbit hole

Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act

It is possible to convince newsrooms looking for a topical story that something is news when it isn’t, to dangerous effect

By building online courses backwards, the necessary skills can be taught in stages

TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher