Rationale
The primary focus of this affinity group is to call attention to ethical considerations around ongoing and newly proposed work using Linked Data technologies. A core guiding principle of the group is that ethics should be a forethought, not an afterthought, of any initiative as a way to not only potentially reduce harm, but to prevent further harm. The group serves as a space for exploration and discussion of the ethical implications (both positive and negative) of linked data and work towards developing a Code of Ethics and toolkit of resources to provide a critical and ethical framework for designing linked data projects. The group aims to act in an advisory capacity to the LD4 community and beyond.
Motivating areas of work
- Identification of existing barriers to implementing an ethical framework
- Recognizing global and cultural differences on right, wrong, legal, ethical
- Differentiating between decisions and labor around creating and publishing
- Addressing complicated and problematic legacy data
- Confronting potential loss of control as a result of more open and available data
- Respecting the wishes and desires of the creators
- Utilizing new technology in order to enhance current possibilities
Approach
- Project Conveners: Itza Carbajal, Luiza Wainer, Kathleen Burlingame, Hilary Thorsen, Steven Folsom, Alexandra Provo, Christine Smith
- Monthly-ish Calls
- Dedicated, open Slack channel in LD4 – #ethicsld http://bit.ly/joinld4slack
- Shared Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X7ZBtSVTjOKJ7FUeRYk2NWdHDqsvg5BK
Calls
Calls take place on the 3rd Monday of the month at 11 AM PT / 12 PM MT / 1 PM CT / 2 PM ET via Zoom (link can be found in the agendas)
- 2021-07-12 Agenda
Past Calls
- 2021-06-07 Agenda
- 2021-04-05 Agenda
- 2021-03-01 Agenda
- 2021-02-01 Agenda
- 2021-01-04 Agenda
- 2020-12-21 Agenda
- 2020-11-23 Agenda
- 2020-10-19 Agenda
- 2020-09-21 Agenda
- 2020-08-17 Agenda
- 2020-07-20 Agenda
- 2020-06-15 Agenda
- 2020-04-24 Book proposal continued
- 2020-02-13 Book proposal
- 2020-01-20 CFP/Whitepaper
- 2019-10-29 Benefits and Contours of Openness
- 2019-09-24 How to Prevent, Mitigate or Remedy Harm
- 2019-08-27 Code of Ethics Area of Interest-Privacy, Safety, Well-Being
- 2019-07-30 Finalize Goals/vision; Wikimedia Codes of Conduct
- 2019-06-21 Initial Organizing Meeting