Digital Ethics

‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’

Last year I was bestowed the title of Champions of the Earth from the United Nations Environment Programme, and in honor of the champions…

From the tools we'll use, to our process, to the behaviors that will change the way we design — here's a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.

The Hawthorne effect (also referred to as the observer effect[1][2]) is a type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed.[3][4] The original research at the Hawthorne Works in Cicero, Illinois, on lighting changes and work structure changes such as working hours and break times was originally interpreted by Elton Mayo and others to mean that paying attention to overall worker needs would improve productivity. Later interpretations such as that done by Landsberger suggested that the n...

A new Facebook tool deploys facial-recognition to identify users in photos, even when they're not tagged.

A study into the ethics of Graphic Design

The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems is launching the second version of Ethically Aligned Design, Version 2.

Good Things Foundation is the UK's leading digital inclusion charity. We support people to grow their essential digital skills to overcome social challenges.

Ninety-nine percent of us live on the wrong side of a one-way mirror

In these politically uncertain times, developers can help to **defend their users’ personal privacy** by adopting the _Privacy by Design (PbD)_ framework. These common-sense steps will become a requirement under the EU's imminent data protection overhaul, but the benefits of the framework go far beyond legal compliance. Let’s give credit where credit is due. The global political upheaval of the past 12 months has done more to get developers thinking about privacy, surveillance and **defensive user protection** than ever before. The risks and threats to ourselves, and to our users, are no lo...

And not for the reason you think.

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education

Ethics and accountability.

Chatbot fever has infected Silicon Valley. The leaders of virtually every tech giant — including Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple — proclaim chatbots as the new websites, and messaging platforms as the new browsers. "You should message a business just the way you would message a friend," declared Mark Zuckerberg when he launched the Facebook Messenger Platform for bots. He and the rest of the tech world are convinced that **conversation is the future of business**.

Basecamp designer Jonas Downey ruminates on the heavy weight of software design in the 21st century.

Nudges that benefit companies and not consumers are a misguided use of a principle of behavioral economics.

DEBATT. Allt pekade på en monumental förlust. Men på grund av en av de mest framgångsrika – och skrämmande – digitala kampanjer som världen någonsin skådat, gick ­Donald Trump segrande ur striden om presidentposten i USA, skriver ­Dora Streiffert och Preben Carlsen, Trigger.

Designlab is a part-time, online course that helps you improve your UI/UX design skills through 1-on-1 mentorship from an expert designer.

New research by Global Voices tech and digital rights experts in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and the Philippines exposes the ups and downs of Facebook's "Free Basics" app.

The company, whose CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned, masterminded the dark arts of manipulative UX.

More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.

Office culture is only part of the problem.

Want to make change within your organization? Use your design skills internally to create a better workplace.

Livestream and automated copyright blocking algorithms don't play very well together; and from the looks of things, the problem is only going to get worse.

You probably shouldn't be surprised.