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Tech Won't Save Us

The Threat of Data Colonialism

Ulises Mejías and Nick Couldry propose data colonialism as a paradigm for understanding Big Tech's data practices.

Oct 24, 2024
Vox

The surprising source of kids' stress lurking on parents' phones

Grade-tracking apps are giving kids anxiety

Leah Plunkett raises privacy concerns with student-tracking apps.

Oct 24, 2024
Tech Policy Press

The Critical Role of Research in the Fight for Algorithmic Accountability

Marissa Gerchick and Olga Askelrod detail the ACLU's complaints against Aon, a hiring technology company.

Oct 23, 2024
Prospect Magazine

The Amish approach to AI

Artificial intelligence is unavoidable. But can we resist some of its progress?

Ethan Zuckerman calls for a revaluation of the Luddite ethos.

Oct 21, 2024
Technology in Society

Digital Natives, Digital Activists in Non-Digital Environments

How the Youth in Zambia Use Mundane Technology to Circumvent Government Surveillance and Censorship.

Greg Gondwe explores Zambian youth's sophisticated digital activism in the wake of the 2020 youth protests.

Oct 21, 2024
EL PAÍS

Paola Ricaurte, researcher: ‘Large technology companies are allies of authoritarian governments’

Paola Ricaurte Quijano explores how AI development tracks and reinforces gaps in social capital.

Oct 19, 2024
The Harvard Gazette

Are rich different from you and me? Would we be better off without them?

Safra Center for Ethics debate weighs extreme wealth, philanthropy, income inequality, and redistribution

Nien-hê Hsieh considers the conditions under which mega-wealth might be permissible.

Oct 18, 2024
The American Prospect

The SEC Whistleblower Program Is Dominating Regulatory Enforcement

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders warn that AI will complicate the SEC's financially cutting in whistleblowers.

Oct 18, 2024
VC + POLICY

Reset for Growth

VCs and Policymakers Need a New Platform to Scale Responsible Innovation

Paul Fehlinger and Linda Griffin argue for a platform bridging the venture capital and policymaking worlds.

Oct 18, 2024
Politico

Tonight’s strange debate with an AI congressional candidate

Nathan Sanders weighs in on a debate between two Virginia congressional candidates and an AI bot.

Oct 17, 2024
Lawfare Daily

Controlling AI Agents

BKC director Jonathan Zittrain explains what AI agents are, and why we need to regain control of them.

Oct 17, 2024
Measurement Lab

Challenges in Internet Measurement

Jim Cowie and Maria Xynou join an M-Lab Community Call to discuss challenges to constructing and using internet performance datasets.

Oct 17, 2024
The Antitrust Bulletin

Deal Value Threshold and M&A

A Competition Law Analysis

Sidharth Chauhan and Dhruv Mehta detail the recently ratified amendments to India's Competition Act, 2002.

Oct 12, 2024
New Media & Society

Metaverse risks and harms among US youth

Experiences, gender differences, and prevention and response measures

Sameer Hinduja and Justin W Patchin explore teenagers' use of virtual reality and the particular harms that they encounter therein.

Oct 12, 2024
ACM

Free Speech vs. Free Ride

Navigating the Supreme Court’s Social Media Paradox

The Court must begin treating social media platforms consistently.

Oct 11, 2024
Carnegie Endowment

Transnational AI and Corporate Imperialism

Chinmayi Arun studies the impact of AI tools on the Majority World, arguing that it constitutes a form of global imperialism.

Oct 8, 2024
World Economic Forum

Governance in the Age of Generative AI

A 360° Approach for Resilient Policy and Regulation

Urs Gasser and Mark Esposito contributed to a white paper giving policymakers and regulators implementable strategies for AI governance.

Oct 8, 2024
The Washington Post

Black women say dating apps like Hinge are biased. Now some are testing it.

Apryl Williams' research on Black women's experiences on - and by - dating apps reveals algorithmic biases.

Oct 3, 2024
Tech Policy Press

Making Social Media Safer Requires Meaningful Transparency

Jenn Louie and coauthors argue that mandating meaningful transparency procedures will make social media platforms safer for users.

Oct 2, 2024
Marketplace Tech

What do generative AI and social media have in common? A lack of regulation.

Teens' use of AI may be cause for concern.

Oct 1, 2024