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Samer Hassan & Rufus Pollock on Decentralization, Platform Monopolies and Web3 | Making Sense of Crypto and Web3

In this episode of our Making Sense of Crypto and Web3 series, we talk with blockchain researcher and expert Samer Hassan.

Jul 18, 2022
Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal

Surveillance does not equal safety: Police, data and consent on dating apps

“As dating apps continue to receive pressure from civil society, media and governments to address a range of safety concerns, technology companies have developed and deployed a…

Jul 10, 2022
The Markup

After Dobbs, Advocates Fear School Surveillance Tools Could Put Teens at Risk

Kendra Albert discusses surveillance tools that could put teens at risk post Dobbs. “I’m always more worried about times when you just add more keywords to the system compared…

Jul 8, 2022

Gregory Narr

Gregory Narr received his PhD in Sociology from CUNY in 2021. He studies the intersection of technology, sociality, and capitalism from a critical…

APO

Public interest sex tech hackathon: speculative futures and participatory design

“Sex tech has emerged as a site in which sexual pleasure, wellbeing and health are increasingly understood as data. Sex techincludes a diverse range of products from sex therapy…

Jul 6, 2022
Jul 5, 2022

Hiring: Project Coordinator

Project Coordinators' primary responsibility will be contributing to the development and execution of a suite of projects on tech policy research and implementation, data…

Medium

4 Ways the New EU Digital Acts Fall Short and How to Remedy It

BKC associates delve into the shortcomings of EU’s legislation addressing digital giants. “The gaps we see in these new regulations are less matters of language than a…

Jul 5, 2022
The New York Times

Payment Data Could Become Evidence of Abortion, Now Illegal in Some States

Alejandra Caraballo speaks about the privacy issues surrounding the payment data that financial companies collect when it comes to evidence of abortion.  “Alejandra…

Jun 29, 2022
Euractiv

Building a sustainable path towards planetary system of knowledge

Juan Ortiz Freuler writes about the risks facing the global internet and information ecosystem.  “But our current information ecosystem, the internet, needs some weeding…

Jun 28, 2022
Medium

Fear, Uncertainty, and Period Trackers

Kendra Albert writes about the uncertainty surrounding period trackers, and breaks down the fears behind privacy issues surrounding such apps. “Period trackers are not the…

Jun 28, 2022
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