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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
UN Development Programme

Human Development Report 2025

A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI

Read Affiliate Joe Bak-Coleman's contribution to the UN Human Development Report 2025, with advisory input from Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and alums J. Nathan Matias and…

May 6, 2025
Utah Law Review

Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law

Faculty Associate Mailyn Fidler examines how divergent international cybercrime laws reflect competing global visions of sovereignty and power.

May 2, 2025
WIRED

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It

"Open source, decentralized tooling ensures that, if any single company becomes a nation-state target, the communities that rely on its infrastructure can keep operating." ASML…

May 2, 2025
Time

Why Bluesky Is Letting Users Write Their Own Social Media Rules

A recent article on Bluesky's decentralized ecosystem mentions Blacksky.

May 1, 2025
AI Snake Oil

AGI is not a milestone

"Treating AGI as a milestone for the development of transformative AI is seductive but misguided." Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and Affiliate Sayash Kapoor argue that AGI is…

May 1, 2025
The New York Times

A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It

“A piece of performance art, or simply marketing, that involved using a pen name.” Director and Faculty Chair, Jonathan Zittrain comments on Andrea Colmedici's AI generated book…

Apr 30, 2025
Tech Policy Press

100 Days In, Trump's Silicon Valley Romance Isn't What It Seemed

Anupam Chander observes that the Trump Administration's seeming warmth toward Big Tech may have been a ruse.

Apr 29, 2025
Journal of Online Trust & Safety

Science and Causality in Technology Litigation

Jon Penney and Nathan Matias offer commentary on a 2023 lawsuit filed against Meta which alleged that its social media platforms harm young users' mental health.

Apr 28, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Ask the Experts

AI Surveillance and US Immigration Enforcement

Dia Kayyali spoke to Petra Molnar and other experts to ascertain how the Trump administration is using AI for immigration enforcement.

Apr 22, 2025
arXiv

Guillotine

Hypervisors for Isolating Malicious AIs

BKC Director James Mickens, along with Sarah Radway and Ravi Netravali, treat advanced AI as potentially rogue actors.

Apr 22, 2025
Tech Policy Press

The Future is Coded

How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Decision Theaters

The blending of generative AI with strategic foresight practices means that algorithms can predict trends with uncanny accuracy, writes Mark Esposito.

Apr 22, 2025