Telecommunications and Technology
AAJC letter in response to the FCC notice of proposed rulemaking on digital discrimination
There are very few digital divide studies that include AAPIs in their analysis, and the few that do fail to address the needs and challenges that lower income and non-English speaking groups face, excluding them from the data altogether. Surveys that are conducted only in English and online and that aggregate data of over 20 different ethnicities provide a heavily skewed and misrepresentative perspective on broadband access in our communities.
Asian American Tech Table letter on automated decision practices and commercial surveillance
Automated decision-making pratices can be highly invasive and discriminatory towards
communities of color, including Asian Americans. Online companies’ mass collection of
personal data is used to target consumers with advertisements, content, and recommendations
based on their perceived interests and demographics. This process may introduce bias into the
decision making process, when it shows different individuals different options for housing,
employment, and credit opportunities or reproduces historical pattenrs of bias, it result in illegal
discrimination.
On behalf of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; thank you for the opportunity to
submit comments regarding the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NITA) request for comments on Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC to Support Community-Based Groups through $250,000 Grant from Google.org
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Washington, D.C. – March 15, 2023 — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) is excited to announce a grant from Google.org to distribute $50,000 each to five community-based organizations for the purpose of providing digital skills and job readiness training in their communities.
This list includes all of our individual, foundation, corporate, and other community support.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC gratefully acknowledges the numerous donations made in anonymity.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC signs on to a coalition letter with 250 signatories urging congress to hold a confirmation vote for Gigi Sohn for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) before Congress adjourns.
We, the undersigned, strongly support the creation of the broadband consumer label, as mandated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and endorsed in a presidential executive order, and we call upon the Commission to ensure the label is clear and easily accessible.
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Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Coalition Urges FCC to Collect EEO-1 Data
The Leadership Conference’s recent report, “Information Nation: The Need for Improved Federal Civil Rights Data Collection,” highlights the importance of data collection in tackling the problems created by structural racism, inequality, and other injustices. Without complete, accurate, and disaggregated data, it is impossible to develop a full understanding of how the communities we represent are faring. As the report concludes, while better data collection will not solve the challenges created by systemic racism and historic levels of inequality, it is a necessary first step.