Coded Bias -
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When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers most facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces or women with accuracy, she joins the fight to expose the threats to civil liberties posed by an increasingly data-driven, automated world.

Episode Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 2211

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