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Breaking up Facebook isn’t enough, says evelyn douek

During election season, journalists should be ready for even more sophisticated attempts to plant false narratives and to spin disinformation via legitimate news stories

Susan Benesch says it isn’t normal for American presidents to suggest that their political opponents be arrested for treason

Martha Minow examines a range of areas where the legal system offers opportunities for absolution, and asks where they might be used more, and where they should not

Lumen shows why Twitter took down a video posted by President Trump

If this is our moment of something like national jury duty, what are we called to judge?

A Quantitative Analysis of Media Attention to Deaths of Black Americans in Police Confrontations

What machine learning has to teach the experts in business strategy, and more

What a democratic policy agenda would look like, how to talk to strangers, and why we need to reform civic education.

While the social media platform’s latest approach to facial recognition appears to respect user’s choices, the offer is so tainted we can’t truly agree to it

Far from deplatforming racists, Facebook is moving toward private groups that will be harder to monitor.

When it comes to 5G technology, we have to build a trustworthy system out of untrustworthy parts

Citron addresses the scourge of cyber harassment by raising awareness of the toll it takes on victims

Zeynep Tufekci calls for devices with fewer distractions

An assessment of blockchain against the GDPR’s core principles

Leah Plunkett urges parents to stop and think before sharing family photos, stories, and data online.

Palfrey was BKC’s Executive Director from 2002-2008

Joan Donovan explains how digital information is weaponized

The public policy case for limited legal interventions in the indemnification of categories of cyber harm

China is more likely to try to get data from the US communications infrastructure, says Bruce Schneier