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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Don’t Call Us Edge Cases – Designing From the Margins

Afsaneh Rigot explains why Design from the Margins is necessary and salutary...

Feb 4, 2022
Slate

Spotify's Joe Rogan problem

evelyn douek speaks on Spotify's controversial involvement in the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Feb 4, 2022
UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

Choices, Risks, and Reward Reports

Reinforcement learning could be the most promising path to artificial general intelligence. But Tom Zick and a team of other researchers urge caution in a new report.

Feb 1, 2022
Business of Fashion

Why Hermès Probably Can’t Stop the MetaBirkin

Primavera De Filippi explains the implications of an NTF collection featuring fuzzy versions of Hermès bags.

Feb 1, 2022
Financial Times

Brazil’s battle against Covid quack remedies

David Nemer describes the repercussions of the Bolsonaro administration's efforts to delegitimize mainstream media.

Jan 31, 2022
ProMarket

How the Free Software and the IP Wars of the 1990s and 2000s Presaged Today’s Toxic, Concentrated Internet

Elettra Bietti traces "the origins and evolution of digital regulation from its early cyberlibertarian roots to contemporary debates around the governance of digital platforms."

Jan 28, 2022
Prospect

How to make better algorithms: start with the people who train the machines

Ethan Zuckerman writes that algorithms can be improved by focusing on the people who train the machines — and society at large.

Jan 27, 2022
VentureBeat

The Ethics of the Metaverse

Micaela Mantegna brings up crucial privacy and ethical concerns that come with the emergence of the metaverse.

Jan 26, 2022
Slate

Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved?

Dariusz Jemielniak speaks on his research on Godwin's Law.

Jan 24, 2022
OpenGlobalRights

Datafication & the Future of Human Rights Practice

Juan Ortiz Freuler explores how datafication could impact human rights practice.

Jan 21, 2022
WIRED

Shared Autonomy & Work

Sandra Wachter assesses the benefits and drawbacks about autonomous robots and the future of work.

Jan 20, 2022
Carr Center for Human Rights

Humanitarian Digital Ethics: A Foresight and Decolonial Governance Approach

Aarathi Krishnan explores the ability of humanitarian governance systems to ensure an equitable future.

Jan 18, 2022
Medium

#SOPAPlus10

Babatunde Okunoye assesses the legacy of the ten-year-old campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act, and charts potential paths forward. "Drawing from the success of the SOPA…

Jan 17, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation

Amid the Hype over Web3, Informed Skepticism Is Critical

Elizabeth Renieris urges skepticism amid the overwhelming hype around Web3.

Jan 14, 2022
Financial Times

Bolsonaro crafts new social media strategy ahead of Brazil election

David Nemer discusses Bolsonaro supporters’ migration from WhatsApp to Telegram.

Jan 12, 2022
Science

AI unmasks anonymous chess players, posing privacy risks

In a Science article outlining the risks surrounding software that can identify anonymous chess players, Alexandra Wood says that it's part of a bigger issue: “Privacy threats are…

Jan 12, 2022
EdWeek

Bullying Dropped as Students Spent Less Time in In-Person Classes During Pandemic

Sameer Hinduja said that the pandemic-related push for online classes also meant that students reported bullying — and being bullied — less than before. But cyberbullying remains…

Jan 10, 2022
AEI

The complexities of online content moderation

Julie Owono shares why digital rights should have the same protections as offline ones.

Jan 7, 2022
The Washington Post

Tech giants banned Trump. But did they censor him?

Chinmayi Arun discusses the consequences for democracy if major social media platforms arbitrarily blocked political leaders.

Jan 7, 2022
All Tech is Human

Inside the Institute for Rebooting Social Media

Hilary Ross dives deep into the mission of the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at All Tech is Human's Responsible Tech University Summit.

Dec 29, 2021