As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about data security and privacy in the country
New York Times : Tweets: @frankpasquale , @maytechummia , and @amyyqin Tweets: Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “Failure to protect the data exposes citizens to problems like fraud and extortion, an...
Interview with CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up, including by doing and sharing their own research
CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up — Brandon Silverman knows more about how stories spread on Facebook than almost anyone. Tweets: @marielamensch8...
Digital assets like NFTs give us a glimpse into a future where every aspect of human life that can be digitally recorded is collateralized and securitized
Twitter has begun allowing its users to showcase NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, as profile pictures on their accounts. Tweets: @hblodget , @ruchowdh , @mayazi , @savvylindz , @rheaplex , @moonalice , @...
A former alt-right YouTuber details how he tailored videos for the “echo chamber”, including focusing squarely on confrontations to drive views on YouTube
Focus on conflict. Feed the algorithm. Make sure whatever you produce reinforces a narrative. Don't worry if it is true. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @markhurst , @jgreenblattadl , @frankpasquale , @...
How one disgruntled person destroyed the online reputations of 145+ people, aided by “complaint sites” in the US and platforms like Google that rarely intervene
Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation. When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined. Tweets: @kashhill , @zoeschiffer , @dabeard...
Twitter and Facebook have done little to stop the spread of anti-Muslim messages from Indian politicians, amplifying incendiary voices in pursuit of profit
Alaphia Zoyab / Rest of World : Tweets: @anjali28 , @nicdawes , @restofworld , @frankpasquale , @akhildeo94 , @anupkaphle , and @rasmus_kleis Tweets: Anjali Ramachandran / @anjali28 : FB/TW won't do ...
Q&A with Frank Pasquale on his new book “New Laws of Robotics”, engaging with science fiction, ethics in AI, big tech, professionalism, and more
Evan Selinger / Pando : Tweets: @pandodaily , @iethics , @evanselinger , and @allison_pugh Tweets: Pando / @pandodaily : Physicians can lose their licenses if they push the interest of a pharmaceutic...
Investigation: software used for targeting medical services to US patients is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care
Casey Ross / STAT : Tweets: @frankpasquale , @rsvassellmd , @ravindranize , @docjeffd , @uche_blackstock , @erbrod , @statnews , and @rebeccadrobbins Tweets: Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “None o...
A look at how Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs' bet on making Toronto a smart city failed, driven by intense resistance from residents and civic leaders
Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn't play along. — October 2017, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke … Tweets: @dlberes , @ozm , @yeahyeahyasmin , @ozm , @davegershgorn , @longform ...
AI-generated “textfakes”, masked as regular chatter on Twitter and Facebook, can be potentially far more subtle and sinister than deepfake videos or audiofakes
Synthetic video and audio seemed pretty bad. Synthetic writing—ubiquitous and undetectable—will be far worse. Tweets: @macaesbruno , @wired , @fpmarconi , and @frankpasquale Tweets: Bruno Maes / @mac...