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Big data United States Criminal statistics United States Data mining Data mining in law enforcement United States Discrimination in law enforcement United States Electronic surveillance United States History Law enforcement United States Data processing Police United States Data processing Racial profiling in law enforcement United StatesFunk, McKenzie
Summary: "The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASHER, HANK FUNLepore, Jill
Summary: The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica. Silicon Valley likes to imagine it has no past but the scientists of Simulmatics are the long-dead grandfathers of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Borrowing from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 006.3 LEPFerguson, Andrew G.
Summary: The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies --viewed as race-neutral and objective--have been eagerly adopted by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2017