Senior Fellows

Senior Fellows

Tarcizio Silva

Senior Fellow, Tech Policy

2023-2025

Brazil

Tarcizio Silva

Tarcizio Silva is a Brazilian researcher and technologist based in São Paulo. Previously, he was a Mozilla Tech and Society fellow embedded at Ação Educativa, developing educational awareness projects about technology, the internet, and racism. He is a PhD researcher (UFABC) and UFBA alumni, author of the book "Algorithmic Racism: artificial intelligence and discrimination in digital media," and creator of the curatorial project Desvelar on decolonial thinking about technology and media.

Fellowship Project

Tarcizio contributes to AI-related policy and regulatory developments and debates in Brazil. He pays particular attention to the replication of existing discriminatory practices in the country, such as structural racism against Black populations by AI systems. More specifically, his project will explore the impact of AI systems on human rights online and the promotion of various social justice issues. It will engage with diverse stakeholders in Brazil who work with impacted communities and influence the adoption of accountable and transparent AI policies.

Learn more about Tarcizio's work

'Collective power and better auditing can help fix biased AI' Context. 2023.

'São Paulo: 20,000 cameras incoming?' Context. 2023.

'Algoritmos replicam racismo estrutural nas redes sociais, aponta pesquisador da Fiocruz' Rede Brasil Atual. 2023.

Facial recognition is present in all states of Brazil' Folha de Pernambuco. 2023.

'Algorithmic Discrimination: The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in AI' Agência FAPESP. 2022.

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