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Sensors, journalism, laws, ethics, provocations Yale ISP “Ideas Lunch” March 12, 2015 by Fergus Pitt - @fergle

Yale ISP, Sensors, Journalism, Laws, Ethics and Provocations

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Sensors, journalism, laws, ethics, provocations Yale ISP “Ideas Lunch” March 12, 2015 by Fergus Pitt - @fergle

Potted history things to be sensed reporting modes ethics & laws areas provocations principles

History & examples ap & sidl Beijing olympics

History & examples float: f-l-o-a-t.com

History & examples Sun Sentinel’s Above the Law

History & examples Safecast

History & examples Ghost Factories

History & examples T Hartman: Columbia Mo.,

Landscape? Sensors Everywhere Data in journalism Electronics Ecosystem

*nobody understands well

What’s sensed? personal identity (location, time) environmental state (various pollutants, conditions…) personal state (heartbeat, breath, brain activity*, body chemistry*)

*nobody understands well

FYI: dexcom.com neurosky.com*

*FDA goes nowhere near this stuff

Reporting Modes Journalists Sensing Citizens Sensing Accessing Sensors in Infrastructure Mobile Sensing Remote Sensing Personal Sensing

Ref: @dangerbui - http://j.mp/sj-modes

The laws & ethics bit

Some Buckets Privacy & Surveillance Operational Epistemological Intellectual Property

Privacy & Surveillance Aggregation Exclusion Distortion Secondary Use

Culver, ‘Rights, Ownership, Ethics & Sensors in Journalism’ 2014 Solove, Nothing to Hide: False Tradeoff between privacy and security 2011

Operational Mostly negligence risks, but also… Licensing for use in given areas Lots of activity around FAA & Drones

Operational: Drones FAA released their Notice of Proposed Rule-making. Key points for <55lbs: - Knowledge Test - TSA Vetting - Drone registration - Line of sight, daytime - Can’t fly “over” non-involved people - Permission in B-E airspace (!)

Epistemological Accuracy Ground Truthing Emotional Resonance

Provocation 1: IoT Bill of Rights Open is better than closed Consumers, not companies, own the collected data Devices that collect public data must share that data. Users have the right to keep their data private. Users can delete or back up data collected by IoT devices.

Provocation 2: FCC & Short runs “Private construction of up to five devices not intended for market sale.”

Provocation 3: Open Source Risks Diana Cooper: Downstream risks in open source hardware.

Provocation 4: Standards for truth-making Tensions between editorial clarity/narrative power and the sophistication of good data-heavy processes.

Provocation 5: Open Records & Infrastructure Unclear access to data produced within Public Private Partnerships.

Provocation 6: Journalists Ethics vs Com Sci Ethics “Develop professional knowledge, skills & competance…” Hdue regard for public health, privacy, security and wellbeing of others ”

http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics

Collection Principles: Narrowness Accountability Transparency Minimization

Tensions with Sun Sentinel Project

Thanks [email protected] @fergle web: towcenter.org maillist: j.mp/towmail