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Our Biased Web: Why Don't We Care About Making The Web Accessible For All?
Making the web accessible within the limits of today’s technology is seen as being in direct conflict with the rich…
The Media's BuzzFeeding Frenzy: Tracking the Cohen Story
The Washington Post described the strange events of last week best: “BuzzFeed and ‘if true’: The day when no one…
As Shutdown Grinds On, Attention Rises But 'Trump' Wanes
At the beginning of this month, media coverage about, and search interest in, the U.S. government shutdown were both trending…
Why Is AI And Machine Learning So Biased? The Answer Is Simple Economics
Biased training datasets and homogeneous workforces are contributing factors to AI bias, but the far bigger driving force is the…
The Problem With Fact Checking Whether ISIS Is 'Defeated'
Today a PolitiFact fact check caught my eye: “Mike Pence wrong that ISIS has been defeated.” Assigned a rating of…
WashPost: On Fox, A Lot More Discussion Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Than Steve King
The Washington Post's Philip Bump explores television network coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez versus Steve King. Read The Full Article.
United's Apple Disclosure Reminds Us About The Value Of Offline Data
How long it will take for the companies we do business with in the offline world, from our grocery stores…
A Reminder That Machine Learning Is About Correlations Not Causation
Lost amongst the hype and hyperbole surrounding machine learning today, especially deep learning, is the critical distinction between correlation and…
Why Machine Learning Needs Semantics Not Just Statistics
A critical distinction between machines and humans is the way in which we reason about the world: humans through high…
Is Ocasio-Cortez's Media Star Already Losing Its Luster?
Since achieving overnight stardom last June, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a news and social media darling of the left,…
DOC 2.0 API Now Supports NEAR and REPEAT Operators
We're excited to announce that the DOC 2.0 API now supports two new search operators: NEAR and REPEAT. The NEAR operator…
We Need to Know More About Facebook and the Fact Checkers
One of the great ironies of the fact-checking enterprise is that despite their mission to bring transparency and truth to…
In The Cloud Era Why Do Government Websites Still Go Dark During Shutdowns?
Why does the US Government still disable websites during shutdowns? Compared with a year ago, more agency websites have remained…
WashPost: Why U.S. Universities Are Shutting Down China-Funded Confucius Institutes
A piece in today's Washington Post's Monkey Cage uses GDELT to explore media tone towards China and its Confucius Institutes….
Chicago Tribune Summarizes RealClearPolitics Blue Wave Commentary
Page 13 of today's print edition of the Chicago Tribune includes an excerpted summary of the RealClearPolitics commentary "Media's 'Blue…
Using 'Big Data' And AI To Understand The Patterns Of Our History And Tell Us About Our Future
Perhaps the ultimate contribution of the web will be to connect us not through our social media platforms, but rather…
BBVA: Geo-World: Conflict & Protest December 2018
BBVA's December 2018 Geo-World: Conflict & Protest report summarizes the state of global conflict and civil unrest. Read The Full…
A Conflict Timeline Of Syria 1979-2019
When we first launched the GDELT Analysis Service, one of the early visualizations we released was our Conflict Timeline, which…
Why Are We Still Using Keyword Searches Half A Century Later?
One of the most remarkable but forgotten stories of the digital revolution is that for all the change wrought by…
Big Insights Not Big Data: Why We Should Stop Talking About File Size
In our data-driven arms race, we’ve lost track of the simple fact that “big data” came into being to yield…
How Do We Define 'Big Data' And Just What Counts As A 'Big Data' Analysis?
What does it mean to do “big data” in 2019 and just what is "big data?" There are no easy…
WashPost: Why Do These Activists Publish People's Addresses But Fear The Same Treatment?
The Washington Post's Rachel Kurzius quotes Kalev in her piece on the state of doxxing, where he builds on his…
Minow's 'Wasteland': How The Web's Problems Are Those Of Television Half A Century Ago
Looking closely at the rise of television and its devolution towards unadulterated commercialism, we see the trajectory of the web…
Moving Beyond Social Media Towards News As "Big Data" In The Cloud Era
Today we typically equate "big data" and "social media" but that is largely because of social data's widespread machine-friendly availability,…