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The inventor of the World Wide Web has a new vision to rescue it.

Ethan Zuckerman envisions a review service built in Solid

Google and Facebook aren’t infringing on the right’s freedom of expression, but insisting otherwise is politically convenient.

DiResta, an affiliate, will be the program’s research manager

BKC affiliate Simin Kargar says Iran for years has harassed journalists, political dissidents and artists in its internal disinformation campaigns

A report that the Epstein was injured in jail dredged up a conspiracy theory about the Clintons — and thanks to a hashtag, the baseless rumor likely has a whole lot of new…

What Technical Debt Can Teach Us About the Dangers of AI Working Too Well

Can insurance companies refuse to cover the costs of a cyberattack linked to nation-state actors?

Jonathan Zittrain argues that overreliance on artificial intelligence may put us in intellectual debt

Q&A with Journalist’s Resource offers advice for journalists

Twitter has ceded responsibility for governing its own platform to its most prolific and controversial user, says BKC affiliate Joan Donovan.

Dragana Kaurin says that Libra is getting more out of the relationship than Mercy Corps

Researchers from metaLAB develop a new tool for curricular exploration at Harvard

Twenty-seven prominent researchers from MIT, Harvard, Princeton, NYU, UC Berkeley and Columbia have signed an open statement of concern regarding the use of actuarial risk…

Velislava Hillman asks whether the constant monitoring, micromanagement and data collection of students can guarantee a safe environment for students

Local firms in India will be at a disadvantage if big tech companies are given plum roles, says Padmashree Gehl Sampath

Ethan Zuckerman delves into how the conspiracist community surrounding QAnon represents a hazardous new form of participatory civics and digital storytelling

What could an industry standard for socially responsible, ethically-attuned technologies look like?

The Enterprisers Project highlights Bruce Schneier’s Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

What happens when white supremacists on the hate site Stormfront learn that they’re not as white as they thought? Two researchers investigated.