Tech Policy Who needs democracy when you have data? Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance. by Christina Larson 2018-08-20T07:00:00-04:00
Connectivity How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves. by Zeynep Tufekci 2018-08-14T07:00:00-04:00
Tech Policy The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Democracy A new form of online survey uses crowdsourcing and data visualization to reveal the hidden nuances in partisan debates. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-02T12:15:00-04:00
Business Impact 37 Years Ago: How to Fix Democracy A computer scientist who saw congressional decision-making up close in 1980 found it insufficient to the task of solving big problems. 2016-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Tech Policy Social Media Is Killing Discourse Because It’s Too Much Like TV We need more text and fewer videos and memes in the age of Trump. by Hossein Derakhshan 2016-11-29T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Here Are All the Ways That Technology Could Screw Up Today’s Election Hacks, malfunctions, and data sharing could shape the outcome. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-11-08T10:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Why Russian Hackers Probably Can’t Mess with the U.S. Election The risk of psychological damage is far greater than any technological threat. by Michael Reilly 2016-08-30T15:00:00-04:00
Connectivity These States Are at the Greatest Risk of Having Their Voting Process Hacked Despite the inherent security risks, 31 states use the Internet to collect votes in some way. by Mike Orcutt 2016-08-10T11:25:00-04:00
View Research as a Community-Building Activity The potential impact of participatory science, personal and global. by Ed Boyden 2008-07-28T00:00:00-04:00
