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Jonathan Zittrain writes that the fervor for content moderation will bleed from social media into the Internet's building blocks, posing new threats to civil liberties.

Babatunde Okunoye shares insight on why digital identity projects have faced slow user acceptance and adoption in parts of Africa.

Zahra Stardust and Helen Hester envision a post-work future that is more equitable for sex workers.

Ben Green argues that human oversight policies allow the government to use flawed or controversial algorithms without addressing the fundamental issues with the tools — and…

Shreya Tewari shares the problems with proposals that compromise user privacy in favor of other important goals.

David O'Brien explains how the two decades since the September 11 terrorist attacks have involved a broad expansion of government surveillance powers.

Kendra Albert and Christopher Bavitz share how the Cyberlaw Clinic prepares students to address the biggest issues in cyberspace.

John Bowers, Will Marks, and Jonathan Zittrain propose a path forward for how to improve content moderation

Joan Donovan explains the dangers of spreading falsehoods on social media and the challenges with stopping misinformation.

evelyn douek talks with Quinta Jurecic and Alex Abdo about the legal fight between researchers and Facebook about collecting data on Facebook ads.  Listen to the…

Colin Doyle explains how algorithms can expose flaws in criminal laws and the harms that they can produce.

Kasia Chmielinski explains how a popular algorithm used to predict race or ethnicity based on scant personal details ends up creating flawed data.

evelyn douek explores the impacts of the Facebook Oversight Board

Kishonna Gray shares her journey engaging digital studies and Black studies. 

Baobao Zheng and colleagues explore how researchers view topics in artificial intelligence

Mason Kortz and Kendra Albert explain how to read a court docket in a free guide

Martha Minow explains why the government must save local news.

Asaf Lubin explains the problems with current efforts to prevent cybercrime.

Joan Donovan shares insights on the government's ability to control misinformation on social media.

Hilary Ross comments on how government may be able to help the state of local news.