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A recap of the “Connecting the Digital Rights Field with Academia” workshop

Ifeoma Ajunwa discusses the interplay of law and technology in the multiple stages of an employee’s journey

Facebook says its Libra payment platform promises benefits to the poor and unbanked. NGO Mercy Corps is lending its credibility to that social impact promise, but at what cost?

Investigating the Role of User Interfaces in Fighting Misinformation

Apple is testing new sign-in options for iCloud, but there are privacy concerns

An AI fake text generator that can write paragraphs in a style based on just a sentence has raised concerns about its potential to spread false information

“Ghost Work” reveals labor structures masked by technology

The co-chairs of the Re-decentralization of the Web Reading Group at BKC share their thoughts on decentralization and a reading list from the year

US legislators say they want to stop deepfakes at the source, so they introduced the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act.

Local governments must protect your privacy as they turn to “smart city” technology.

Moral Labyrinth is an art installation, workshop, and website inspired by the Value Alignment Problem in AI

Jonny Sun on What Schools Get Right

BKC’s Kendra Albert comments on the gender binary and law

On the latest Recode Decode podcast, Joi Ito says we need to resist the urge to oversimplify the problems we’re solving.

BKC affiliate Rediet Abebe uses algorithms and AI to improve access to opportunity for historically marginalized communities.

BKC affiliate Camille Francois uses data science to detect disinformation and organized harassment campaigns

BKC Co-Director Mark Wu weighs in on China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Mary Gray is the co-author of Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

Perhaps the best physical representation of the genius of the Internet—and in particular, “Internet Protocol”—is found in an hourglass.

A Q&A with BKC’s David Weinberger, author of “Everyday Chaos”