Data & Civil Rights: What Do We Know? What Don't We Know?

[Commentary] What does the intersection of data and civil rights look like? When can technology be used to enable civil rights? And when are technologies being used in ways that undermine them? For the last 50 years, civil rights has been a legal battle. But with new technologies shaping society in new ways, perhaps we need to start wondering what the technological battle over civil rights will look like.

We're releasing all of the write-ups from the workshops and breakouts we held at the invite-only Data & Civil Rights conference, the videos from the level-setting opening, and an executive summary of what we learned. We learned a lot during this process, but we don't have clear answers about what the future of data and civil rights will or should look like. Instead, what we learned in this process is how important it is for diverse constituencies to come together address the challenges and opportunities that face us.