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The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the U.S. doesn’t want to fix since they help its own surveillance efforts.

Ethan Zuckerman adds to the discussion about whether concerns about “time well spent” are overblown.

Faculty associate Leah Plunkett joins The Jefferson Exchange to discuss the problems with parents creating a digital dossier that could follow their kids for life. Listen…

Chinmayi Arun in conversation about the applications of AI and the ethical debates surrounding its use on the podcast Interpreting India.

Danielle Citron advised Facebook on the new policy and sees it as fair, but would like to see more policies banning misleading videos in the future.

They’ll be controlled by foreign actors, domestic political groups, even the candidates themselves, says BKC fellow Bruce Schneier.

An interview with the documentary filmmaker and BKC fellow Leonard Cortana

Content governance in an age of disinformation

Judith Donath’s work from 1998 on the effects of trolling on Usenet groups was highlighted in a recent Wired article on disinformation.

The most common concerns among health professionals when it comes to misinformation online is compliance with health treatments or prevention efforts.

Judith Donath joins Radio Boston to discuss the last decade in tech.

Elizabeth Renieris on why a blockchain-based identity layer for the web could have unintended consequences.

US academics and activists should be paying close attention

Jasmine McNealy on why “context is ever more important in this era of data-driven elections, social media, and emerging technology.”

A Q&A with BKC faculty associate Sasha Costanza-Chock

The Lumen Database helped a researcher uncover widespread fraud and aided in a criminal charge.

Jonas Kaiser on what journalists can learn from the late 2000s when it comes to misinformation

A theory of digital ID premised on Helen Nissenbaum’s theory of privacy

If everything can be faked, how can we know anything is real?

Faculty associate james Wahutu on what he hopes media organizations in the U.S. and the UK will do in 2020.