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Tech Talk: Talking Tech with Umang Bhatt on Algorithmic Resignation

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Press Release: CDT Research Uncovers Widespread Use of Questionable Technologies in K-12 Schools Despite Parent Concern and Lack of Awareness

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Intersectional Disparities within Automated Hate-speech Detection Across US Centered Social Media Content 

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CDT Original Research Reports Recognized by the 2024 Anthem Awards

CDT report, entitled “Moderating Kiswahili Content on Social Media.” Illustration of two Kiswahili speakers' hands and forearms, crossed and palms closed, while wearing beaded bracelets with Kenyan and Tanzanian colors, and an ethernet cord intertwining their arms. Deep red patterned background.

Moderating Kiswahili Content on Social Media

Graphic for CDT Research report, entitled "Real Time Threats." Illustration of a smartphone showing a warped grid and a recording button; the phone is surrounded by a "LIVE" icon, a warning icon in front of a cloud of smoke, chat bubbles, image icons, an eye, a video, a voice note; Tetris-like blocks are interspersed between all the elements.

Real Time Threats: Analysis of Trust and Safety Practices for Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) Prevention on Livestreaming Platforms

Graphic for CDT Research report, entitled "Screened Out: The Impact of Digitized Hiring Assessments on Disabled Workers." A multi-panel color illustration includes a wheelchair user typing, a person with headphones facing an error on a laptop, a close-up of a person with a hearing aid, and a person with glasses. Geometric shapes and icons connect these panels, highlighting hiring assessments and discrimination disabled people face.

Screened Out: The Impact of Digitized Hiring Assessments on Disabled Workers

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Insights from a Child Safety Online Symposium: Bridging Research and Policy

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Report – Hated More: Online Violence Targeting Women of Color Candidates in the 2024 US Election

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Technology as Policy: Hidden Rules and How to Reveal Them

CDT report, entitled “Moderating Maghrebi Arabic Content on Social Media.” Illustration of a hand, wearing rings as well as bracelets with hand of Fatima around its wrist, holding a red and purple phone that shows messages with Arabic letters in them being moderated or acted upon.

Moderating Maghrebi Arabic Content on Social Media

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Tech Talk: Algorithmic Disability Determinations