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Joan Donovan speaks with NBC News

Five community members speak about their vexed relationships to the law

In 2020, the need to contain misinformation about COVID-19 pushed Facebook and Twitter into a role they never wanted—arbiters of the truth.

evelyn douek shares her thoughts on content moderation in 2020

Asaf Lubin calls the SolarWinds Hack a "constitutive moment" in Just Security

In The Guardian, Bruce Schneier says the US must rethink its cybersecurity protocols

Jonas Kaiser and colleague discuss YouTube's recommendation algorithm

Apryl Williams publishes in Social Media + Society

evelyn douek joins Marketplace Tech podcast to discuss YouTube and disinformation

Jonas Kaiser shares his predictions for journalism in 2021 with NiemanLab.

Rediet Abebe and Jasmine McNealy speak to VentureBeat about funding from Google

Zahra Stardust and colleagues reflect on what tech would look if it was designed by sex workers

The site’s business model is the problem, not just which apps it owns, argue Dipayan Ghosh and Nick Couldry

Persuasion is essential to society and democracy, but we need new rules governing how companies can harness it, argue Bruce Schneier and colleague

Yochai Benkler speaks with CNN about media coverage of misinformation

James Mickens participates in MIT-hosted panel about ongoing challenges for Black scholars

Overcoming the flaws of an internet controlled by a few major players will enable web services that are more democratic and fair, Samer Hassan says.

Nick Couldry and colleague argue data about intimate details of our lives should not be exploited by corporations

Shagun Jhaver discusses challenges with using AI for content moderation with Digital Privacy News.

Elizabeth Renieris explains why Google’s privacy moves may not be good for individual privacy