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Jun
2015
A user finds Google Photos labels a Black couple as "gorillas"
Jun
2015
Reddit bans racist subreddits like CoonTown after years of tolerance
Aug
2015
Bloomberg finds Amazon doesn't offer same-day delivery in some Black neighborhoods
APR
2016
Users accuse Snap of "digital blackface" after release of Bob Marley selfie filter
ProPublica finds a sentencing algorithm disproportionately labels Blafck defendants as future criminals
MAY
2016
ProPublica reports Facebook lets advertisers exclude Black users from seeing housing ads
Oct
2016
Paper finds facial recognition systems from Microsoft, IBM, and Face++ are biased against people with dark skin
Professor Safiya Noble's book discusses how Google image searches for "Black girls" turn up porn
FEB
2018
Study finds Amazon's algorithm Rekognition has gender and racial bias
JAN
2019
The Department of Housing and Urban Development sues Facebook for housing discrimination
MAR
2019
The Detroit Police Department wrongfully arrests a Black man due to faulty facial recognition in first reported instance
JAN
2020
IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon pause or ban selling facial recognition tech to the police
JUN
2020
Study shows Facebook's algorithm recommends white supremacist groups
AUG
2020
Google ousts AI researcher Timnit Gebru over paper exploring bias in large language models
Dec
2020
Dec
2020