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Joan Donovan weighs in on targeted ads on social media

Surveillance thrives in unequal environments, and the pandemic will increase inequality. We need a welfare state for our digital information economy, argues Beatriz Botero Arcila.

A legal, public health, and technical perspective from BKC’s Elizabeth Renieris.

How the Adaptive Leadership Framework can help the international health community

Fear is the biggest motivator in spreading 'dangerous speech' in times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, says BKC’s Susan Benesch

Zuckerman discusses the history of public broadcasting, and potential alternative models for the future.

A thoughtful reflection on the recent report, "Youth & Digital Citizenship+," from Youth and Media

evelyn douek interviews Craig Silverman, the media editor for Buzzfeed News, for the Lawfare Podcast.

Civil rights protections are as necessary in virtual spaces as in physical ones, Danielle Citron says

We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it, writes Ifeoma Ajunwa

National digital development strategies need to recognise the potential and enable the change

Dipayan Ghosh says: YES.

As long as COVID-19 is a global concern, many aspects of daily life will be mediated by platform companies that see human interactions as content to be moderated, and as sources…

Woodrow Hartzog warns about the long-term consequences of the apps

Mindy Seu talks about pursuing independent projects, the internet’s other histories and futures, archives, and spreadsheets with Frontier.

douek speaks with Columbia Journalism Review’s Mathew Ingram

Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger argue against using facial recognition to combat COVID-19

evelyn douek explains Facebook’s Oversight Board

Danielle Citron and colleagues on the significance of deep fakes

Ifeoma Ajunwa on worker surveillance