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Across the FieldCurious by default. Deliberate. Will go down the rabbit hole.
Logan Koepke is a project director at Upturn. Logan’s research broadly focuses on the use of new technologies and their impact on criminal justice and financial justice issues. Recently, Logan has led major research efforts on pretrial risk assessment tools and law enforcement’s use of mobile device forensic tools, though his first project at Upturn led Google to ban payday loan ads. Logan’s career has been dedicated to civil rights: in the past, he’s worked on civil rights litigation in D.C., at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Law, and as a Leopold Fellow researching the punitive turn in American life at Northwestern University.
Logan earned his B.A. in History and Political Science, with honors, from Northwestern University, where he graduated in the Highest Order of Excellence. Logan is an aviation geek who also loves soccer.
Curious by default. Deliberate. Will go down the rabbit hole.
Less Discriminatory Algorithms
Our paper on how entities that use algorithmic systems in traditional civil rights domains like housing, employment, and credit should have a duty to search for and implement less discriminatory algorithms (LDAs).
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All work by LoganAs the Biden-Harris administration considers the contents of an Executive Order on artificial intelligence, the undersigned civil rights, technology, policy, and research organizations call on the administration to continue centering civil rights protections.
Across the FieldAlongside 40 other civil rights and technology advocacy organizations, Upturn called on the Federal Trade Commission to develop specific, concrete civil rights protections in the Commission’s ongoing Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking.
Across the FieldThis report is the most comprehensive examination of U.S. law enforcement’s use of mobile device forensic tools. Our research shows that every American is at risk of having their phone forensically searched by law enforcement.
PolicingBail reform is rapidly underway. But at the same moment that jurisdictions work to reduce the true risks of pretrial release through reform policies, jurisdictions across the country are also adopting statistical tools that will blindly predict such risks remain as high as ever.
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