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The Guardian

The Capitol siege was the biggest media spectacle of the Trump era

Joan Donovan and colleagues say the storm on the Capitol was the culmination of a presidency defined by media manipulation and networked conspiracism

Jan 11, 2021
PBS

Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

Joan Donovan on what lawmakers and companies need to do to address the weaponization of social media and disinformation

Jan 9, 2021
The Atlantic

Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next?

evelyn douek says tech giants must not treat their crackdown on the president’s social accounts as an edge case. The social web should be different now.

Jan 9, 2021
Journalist's Resource

Covering pro-Trump rallies and far-right groups

Joan Donovan shares four tips for journalists covering pro-Trump rallies and far-right groups for Journalist’s Resource.

Jan 8, 2021
OneZero

‘Free Speech’ Platforms Are Emerging as Facebook and Twitter Suspend Trump

evelyn douek speaks with OneZero about content moderation and alternative social media platforms

Jan 8, 2021
Fox 59

Local, federal authorities continue search for instigators at violent Capitol protest Wednesday

Asaf Lubin discusses using camera footage to identify mob at the Capitol

Jan 7, 2021
Marketplace Tech

Insurrection could be a turning point for social media

Joan Donovan joins Marketplace Tech podcast

Jan 7, 2021
The New York Times

Have Trump’s Lies Wrecked Free Speech?

Rebecca Tushnet in the New York Times

Jan 6, 2021
MIT Technology Review

Without leadership on vaccine rollout, scams are inevitable

Joan Donovan in MIT Technology Review

Jan 6, 2021
BKC Medium Collection

Internet Shutdowns in 2021

Tunde Okunoye urges a rethinking of advocacy strategies against internet shutdowns

Jan 6, 2021
Slate

It’s Time to Kick Trump Off Twitter

Danielle Citron says Twitter should change their rules for public officials.

Jan 6, 2021
Geneva Solutions

Yves Daccord: ‘It’s time to build a new social contract and reflect on what unites us all’

Yves Daccord discusses building a new social contract and plans for a pop-up institute

Jan 5, 2021
CNN

The SolarWinds hack is stunning. Here's what should be done

Bruce Schneier offers cybersecurity advice for responding to the SolarWinds attack.

Jan 5, 2021
BKC Medium Collection

Movement Lawyering for Alternative Futures

Five community members speak about their vexed relationships to the law

Jan 4, 2021
The Atlantic

The Year That Changed the Internet

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

Dec 28, 2020
WIRED

Better Than Nothing: A Look at Content Moderation in 2020

evelyn douek shares her thoughts on content moderation in 2020

Dec 27, 2020
Just Security

SolarWinds as a Constitutive Moment: A New Agenda for the International Law of Intelligence

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

Dec 23, 2020
The Guardian

The US has suffered a massive cyberbreach. It's hard to overstate how bad it is

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

Dec 23, 2020