Google, the Department of Defense, Starbucks, and hundreds of other companies and organizations now use “Bug Bounty” programs to buy flaws from hackers. Paying hackers to disclose bugs was once radical, now it’s common. Recently, pilot projects from Facebook, Twitter, and others have looked to extend the bounty model to address an expanded set of socio-technical harms. With: Ryan Ellis, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University; Affiliate, Data and Society Research Institute, NYC Camille François, Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs; Co-lead of the Algorithmic Justice League Community Reporting of Algorithmic System Harms Project Josh Kenway, Policy Analyst, PayPal; Research Fellow, Algorithmic Justice League Yuan Stevens, Researcher, Data and Society Research Institute, NYC; Collaborator, Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, McGill University Moderated by Matt Goerzen, Researcher, Data and Society Research Institute, NYC.
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