It’s no accident that Facebook is so addictive
Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. He is also th…
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Alex Jones was just banned from YouTube, Facebook and iTunes. Here’s how he managed to survive until now
In the last 24 hours, Apple, Facebook and YouTube have banned content from conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones. Last week, I interviewed Tarleton Gillesp…
Online labor markets may look competitive. They aren’t.
People often think that online markets are far more efficient and competitive than traditional ones. This may not be so. In a new National Bureau of Economic Re…
Facial Recognition Is the Perfect Tool for Oppression
Co-authored with Evan Selinger The Trojans would have loved facial recognition technology. It’s easy to accept an outwardly compelling but ultimately illusory…
Algorithm and Blues: The Tyranny of the Coming Smart-Tech Utopia
Cross-posted from Scientific American. Imagine a world governed by smart technologies engineered to achieve three distinct yet interrelated normative ends: opt…
Europe has just hit Google with a record $5 billion fine. Expect fireworks.
The European Commission, which administers antitrust policy in the European Union, has just hit Google with a record fine of 4.34 billion euros ($5 billion U.S.…
Thanks to Amazon, the government will soon be able to track your face
Amazon, the company synonymous with online shopping, is supplying facial recognition technology to government and law enforcement agencies over its web services…
Exigent Circumstances: iOS 12’s USB Restricted Mode and Warrantless iPhone Access
Apple recently confirmed the introduction of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode” in the latest version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system, iOS 12. I…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating that friends had posted messages on his w…
Amazon Needs to Stop Providing Facial Recognition Tech for the Government
Imagine a technology that is potently, uniquely dangerous — something so inherently toxic that it deserves to be completely rejected, banned, and stigmatized. S…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Cross-posted from Scientific American. Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating t…
INTERMEDIÁRIOS DE INTERNET E LIBERDADE DE EXPRESSÃO: O MAPA DA BUSCA DE UM DELICADO EQUILÍBRIO REGULATÓRIO
(Google translated) Visit Dissenso.org for full post. On May 16, the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society has launched an important tool f…