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Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. Our blog aims to provide insights into our work by highlighting our research, organizing, and policy updates across all branches of our organization.
#NoMoreDataWeapons goals:
1. Promote Black Self Determination:Public education on what the various Data Weapons are and how to organize against them
2. Shift the National Narrative:Document and promote storytelling by Black communities and individuals directly impacted by data weapons
3. Data Consolidation and Collection: Establish a dataset of carceral and surveillance technologies in use based on US location. Inform and Support Policy Innovation: Cultivate and support targeted campaigns to move policy concerning the use of data weapons
@Luke Griffen the blog post has an extensive list of “data weapons“, Unfortunately they don’t going to provide examples of how they can be manipulated or with the risks are with each type.
Thats the problem with this type of data, it reflects the bias of those collecting and interpreting the data, further more as @RJ "Deke" Dieken stated it can be easily manipulated.
I took a masters level class in computer "Crime trends and analysis," the main intellectual takeaway for anyone that was paying attention was that use of programs like "crime streets and trips" could always be used to justify over-policing minority populations. Because all you had to do was over police an area for a little while and the fact that you had made more arrests in the over-policed area made your map look like it was a high crime area, then you use that computer-generated map to justify increasing police presence.