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The Atlantic

What AI Thinks It Knows About You

Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain probes policy questions raised by the “assumptions” large language models make about users.

May 21, 2025
The Dissident

The Digital Panopticon Nightmare

"Trump’s push to 'eliminate silos' is being sold as a modernization drive against fraud and waste, but it is building the architecture of a digital dictatorship." Cyberlaw Clinic…

May 20, 2025
U.S. News & World Report

Iran’s Morality Police Use AI to Track Women. Here's How to Stop Them.

"The fear that women already experience on the street, at the beach, inside a store or on social media is being transformed to constant paranoia under the ever-watchful eyes of AI…

May 20, 2025
arXiv

Comparing Apples to Oranges

A Taxonomy for Navigating the Global Landscape of AI Regulation

With Sacha Alanoca and Kevin Klyman, Affiliates Shira Gur-Arieh and Tom Zick “present a taxonomy to map the global landscape of AI regulation.”

May 19, 2025
Health Tech World

Cyberbullying linked to PTSD in children

Faculty Associate Sameer Hinduja's new study finds that all types of cyberbullying, including indirect forms like exclusion or gossip, can cause trauma on par with more explicit…

May 19, 2025
Ash Center

The Voter Experience

"Despite unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, and voter satisfaction has significantly declined." Affiliate…

May 15, 2025
Frontiers in Blockchain

Decentralizing governance: exploring the dynamics and challenges of digital commons and DAOs

Faculty Associate Mark Esposito, with co-authors Terence Tse and Danny Goh, explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and blockchain-based governance models can…

May 15, 2025
Foreign Policy

UAE AI-Written Legislation Isn't Necessarily A Terrible Idea

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer some optimistic reflections on the rise of AI-written legislation, though they concede that such AI use should be disclosed.

May 14, 2025
Washington Post

A dangerous plan to ‘win’ the AI race is circulating

Congress might release AI from state laws. Why put Americans at risk?

Scott Brennen and BKC Affiliate Zeve Sanderson warn about Congressional attempts to undermine states' ability to close the AI regulatory gap.

May 14, 2025
MuckRock

Meet the experts working to pull the curtain on DOGE

MuckRock hosted an online discussion among experts fighting for more meaningful transparency in the face of DOGE, including Clinical Instructor Mason Kortz.

May 14, 2025
Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy

Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance

An Essay Series Part of the Democratic Legitimacy for AI Initiative

Deb Roy, Larry Lessig, and Audrey Tang coauthored an essay highlighting the need for AI tools that support meaningful civic discourse in the face of rampant polarization and…

May 14, 2025
OONI

OONI Analysis of Telegram Blocking in Kenya During the 2023 and 2024 KCSE Exams

Fellow Maria Xynou and Arturo Filastò of the OONI Foundation analyze network-level censorship of Telegram during Kenya's 2023 and 2024 KCSE exams, revealing fragmented enforcement…

May 14, 2025
The Conversation

Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on the gamification of hate and gendered nature of online radicalization

"Platform regulation is not just a technical issue. The future of a generation cannot be built on algorithms that reward hate and radicalization." Faculty Associate David Nemer…

May 14, 2025
LPE Project

The Right Understands That All Governance is Data Governance

Salomé Viljoen warns that the Trump Administration's attempts at monetary efficiency mask its increasing goal over the US's data infrastructure

May 12, 2025
Lawfare

Ben Brooks on the Rise of Open Source AI

Ben Brooks joins Lawfare's Kevin Frazier to discuss the domestic and international ramifications of open-sourcing AI models.

May 9, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Why Small Businesses Must Not Get Left Behind In The AI Boom

Camille Stewart Gloster and Afua Bruce argue that large companies should consider dedicating training and support resources to aid small businesses in adopting AI responsibly and…

May 9, 2025
De|Center

Calling All Technologists

The Era of Neutrality Is Over

Jessica Fjeld calls for coalition between movement technologists and movement lawyers to push for structural changes in the face of advancing authoritarianism.

May 8, 2025
University of Kansas

AI ‘friends’ a threat to lonely people, KU expert says

Can artificial intelligence supplant friendship by providing quality communication?

May 8, 2025
Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics

The Case for Transparency

How social media platform data access leads to real-world change

Naomi Shiffman and Brandon Silverman present their 'case for transparency,' highlighting cases demonstrating the positive impacts of platform transparency across spheres.

May 7, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis

Faculty Associate David Nemer highlights how platform-driven disinformation disproportionately harms marginalized communities and calls for urgent, systemic regulatory action.

May 7, 2025