Tech Policy China’s tech boom has inspired a wave of internet-related art These artists are critiquing how technology promotes consumerism, shapes identity, and enables new forms of censorship. by Josh Feola 2018-12-19T07:00:00-05:00
Connectivity How Google took on China—and lost It used to be that while Google wanted China, China really needed Google. Not any more. by Matt Sheehan 2018-12-19T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Three problems with Facebook’s plan to kill hate speech using AI Mark Zuckerberg thinks AI will largely automate the process of censorship, but that assumes profound progress will be made. by Will Knight 2018-04-12T12:07:00-04:00
Tech Policy Terrible people have learned to exploit the internet. Yasmin Green is fighting back. The Jigsaw team at Alphabet brings people who were radicalized online back from the brink, one video at a time. by Martin Giles 2018-02-19T00:00:00-05:00
Innovator Phillipa Gill An empirical method for measuring Internet censorship. 2017-08-16T07:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Offensive Content Still Plagues Facebook New reports of failure to remove sexualized images of children raise questions about whether enough is being done to keep troubling content from servers. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-03-07T09:52:00-05:00
Connectivity Facebook Will Try to Outsource a Fix for Its Fake-News Problem The social network is clearly not comfortable deciding whether content in users’ news feeds is true. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-12-16T10:55:00-05:00
Connectivity Facebook’s Content Blocking Sends Some Very Mixed Messages A tool to censor content in China seems at odds with the social network’s inaction over fake news in the U.S. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-11-23T10:50:00-05:00
Connectivity Shut Down the Internet, and the Economy Goes With It Government leaders who turn off the Internet as a means of censorship are shooting their economies in the foot. by Mike Orcutt 2016-10-24T16:20:00-04:00
Connectivity Mark Zuckerberg’s Long March to China The Chinese government likes to control social media and what people do with it—but Facebook looks willing to launch in China anyway. by Emily Parker 2016-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
