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TechTank: How Should Universities Deal with Student Cheating?
Darrell West Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 2:10 PM
The latest episode of TechTank.
Darrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies and holds the Douglas Dillon Chair. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of TechTank. His current research focuses on artificial intelligence, robotics, and the future of work. West is also director of the John Hazen White Manufacturing Initiative.
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TechTank: Protecting Your Online Reputation
Quinta Jurecic, Darrell West Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 2:13 PM
The latest episode of TechTank.
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TechTank: The Facebook Oversight Board’s Decision on Banning Trump
Darrell West Mon, May 17, 2021, 3:29 PM
Should a powerful technology company such as Facebook have the power to ban public officials from its platform?
On Jan. 7, the day after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building, Facebook temporarily banned then-President Donald Trump on the grounds that he had used a video and online statement to incite violence. Since then, the company referred the Trump case to an oversight board composed of 20 independent experts to determine whether to make the ban permanent and to provide guidance for other world leaders.
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TechTank: What We Can Learn About Mars From the Perseverance Exploration?
Darrell West Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 11:13 AM
In February, the latest U.S. rover named Perseverance landed on Mars and began what is expected to be a historic exploration of the Red Planet. Equipped with high-resolution cameras, microphones, drills, scoopers and a helicopter, the mission aims to find evidence of microbial life from 3.5 billion years and decipher what happened to that planet. Already, Perseverance is navigating its landing spot in Jezero Crater, finding rocks that appear to have been molded by water and wind, taking pictures of volcanic rocks, and starting to move around the crater.
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TechTank: How Companies Surveil Workers and Ways Employees Can Protect Themselves
Darrell West Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 4:10 PM
Today, under the coronavirus quarantines and lockdowns, most of us are working from home. This transition to a virtual world has blurred the lines between professional and personal life … in more ways than one.
We’ve all heard some of the scarier versions of Big Brother. Companies installing technology in their employees’ chairs, that tracks how long they spend at their desks each day. Required employee tracking bracelets, which record how many minutes you spend on your lunch break.
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TechTank: How to Protect Yourself From Cybersecurity Attacks
Darrell West Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 1:26 PM
At the end of 2020, reporting revealed the dramatic SolarWinds hack of major American businesses and government agencies. Russia broke into leading institutions and cybersecurity experts still are gauging the scope of the damage.
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TechTank: Ways to Protect Your Privacy and Security With Online Dating Apps
Darrell West Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 12:13 PM
Online dating apps like Tinder collect a large amount of personal information on their users. Tinder’s privacy policy clearly states your data may be used to deliver “targeted advertising.” Even a step beyond that, the policy says “you should not expect that your personal information, chats, or other communications will always remain secure.”
Your online data affects what job offers you have access to on LinkedIn, how much you pay for insuring your car, ads you will see on YouTube and if you can get approved for a loan.