{"id":62829,"date":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/12\/19\/ethical-technologist-becca-ricks-kicks-off-mozillas-d-r-e-a-m-speaker-series\/"},"modified":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"ethical-technologist-becca-ricks-kicks-off-mozillas-d-r-e-a-m-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/ethical-technologist-becca-ricks-kicks-off-mozillas-d-r-e-a-m-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical Technologist Becca Ricks Kicks Off Mozilla’s D.R.E.A.M Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

All too many disturbing headlines remind us that we\u2019re losing privacy and losing it fast. This new reality has people asking difficult questions about what the lack of ethics in tech means for their past, present, and future. Enter Data Rules Everything Around Me (D.R.E.A.M.)<\/a>, a new speaker series and public engagement forum in Chicago designed to go deep on the issues that matter to you.<\/p>\n

The first event featured Ford-Mozilla Open Web fellow Becca Ricks<\/a>, who documents how private companies are working with governments to develop surveillance technologies. She points to companies in China \u2014 where transparency and data accountability are minimal \u2014 that are designing facial detection<\/a> and image recognition<\/a> technology that the government is also using for surveillance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Becca\u2019s no joke. She\u2019s part of a new generation of technologists and researchers who are making ethics paramount in their work. Check out this D.R.E.A.M. video featuring Becca’s work and read on below if you want to come to an upcoming D.R.E.A.M. event.<\/p>\n