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The fundamental driver of disinformation in American politics of the past three years has not been Russia, but Fox News and the insular right-wing media ecosystem it anchors.

"Professional mainstream media — both in its professional centrist model, and in its highly commercially successful right-wing model — is the scaffolding on which everything else…

An open toolkit that helps make smart cities work for everyone

World of Warcraft and the study of online communities

“What was once a disruptive, ‘easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission’, type of business, have institutionalized its interests in state law."

An Xiao Mina talks reality television and geopolitics at Newsgeist US 2018.

Mailyn Fidler writes about First Amendment interests in a recent case regarding whistleblowing.

A role for antitrust authorities in the third party tracking industry

On transformation in the financial services landscape due to globalizing and evolving technologies

Teaching technologists to think critically about responsibility and ethics is one way to keep our lives from into turning into a Black Mirror episode

Domestic and international financial regulators, innovators, and experts examine financial tech topics

We are now digital as well as physical beings, and this is new to a human

Where is the line between authentic free speech and the manipulation of speech?

Who makes sure that companies collecting your personal data operate in ways that benefit, rather than exploit, you?

Privacy still exists. You just have to know where to look for it so you know what to fight for.

If our devices, information, and institutions are to remain secure, smart government regulation is inevitable

Government access to encrypted data is best conceptualized as a "wicked problem": one where the goals are unclear, the information is incomplete, and the solutions are always…

On the importance of thinking about both the human rights implications and the ethics of AI.

The shift away from social exchange and toward markets, and what this means for the sharing economy

On the state of information controls in Azerbaijan