Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
Virginia Eubanks examines how automated systems shape the lives of poor and marginalized people. Focusing on the ways technology can profile, police, and punish, Automating Inequality explores the connection between digital tools, public policy, and social justice while questioning whether automation reduces inequality or reinforces it.
About This Book
Automating Inequality examines the consequences of using high-tech tools in systems that affect people living in poverty.
Virginia Eubanks explores how automated processes can profile, police, and punish poor and marginalized communities.
The book considers the relationship between technology, public policy, and social inequality.
It raises questions about fairness, accountability, and the human impact of increasingly automated decision-making.
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