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“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”

U.S. Senate bill would require companies to report to financial regulators and to the public what consumer data they collect and how they leverage it for profit

A software update to Chrome will make websites unable to detect whether visitors are browsing the web in “incognito mode”

Berkman Klein’s Google Summer of Code intern Sanket Singh shares his experience

The U.S. is falling behind in fiber optic technology, but cities and localities are leading the way

Separating fact from fiction in the new Wild West of technology

Hyunjin Seo and colleagues will offer technology education to support recently incarcerated women reentering the job force.