Gerrymandering is enabled by data collection and algorithms that were once impractical to implement. In declining to take up the issue of gerrymandering in the

Gerrymandering is enabled by data collection and algorithms that were once impractical to implement. In declining to take up the issue of gerrymandering in the previous Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy identified this issue. As reported by NPR [0]: > "Technology is both a threat and a promise," he wrote, noting that with the advent of computer technology, the temptation to leverage partisan advantage would "only grow" unless constrained by the courts. His hope, he wrote, was that "new technologies may produce new methods of analysis" for the courts to use in identifying and remedying the problem. So. Let's talk about ethics. This is a community that sees the issue, understands the subtle ways in which data and algorithms can be manipulated to systematically disenfranchise people, and has the power to create the tools that Justice Kennedy wrote about. This is also a community that has the power to resist -- to not let its expertise and skills fall under the employ of those that would harm democracy. Where's the action? [0]: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/704523712/the-supreme-court-takes-another-look-at-partisan-redistricting https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/704523712/the-supreme-court-t...