How Big Tech Created a Data ‘Treasure Trove’ for Police
By Matt O’Brien & Michael Liedtke Associated Press When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of […]
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What is the Internet Doing to Boomers’ Brains?
By Michael Hobbes Huffpost The last time they spoke, John’s father accused him of being part of the deep state. They have never exactly gelled politically — John, 38, is […]
How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online
By Dana Mackenzie Knowable Magazine Many people have declared 2020 the worst year ever. While such a description may seem hopelessly subjective, according to one measure, it’s true. That yardstick […]
Privacy is Power
By Carissa Véliz Aeon Imagine having a master key for your life. A key or password that gives access to the front door to your home, your bedroom, your diary, […]
The Incoherence of “Cancel Culture” Accusations
By Nicholas Grossman Arc Digital Here’s the critique: You say you value free speech and oppose social penalties for bad speech, but your actions show that you don’t. You value […]
Synthetic Media: The Real Trouble With Deepfakes
By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine The snapshots above look like people you’d know. Your daughter’s best friend from college, maybe? That guy from human resources at work? The emergency-room […]
Life Without the Tech Giants
By Kashmir Hill Gizmodo Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple collectively make products that we love, products that we hate (but can’t stop using), and products that dictate how we […]
Tweets as Criminal Assault
By Elizabeth E. Joh New Scientist Social media raises tricky questions that judges are beginning to try to answer. It has been found possible to violate a restraining order by […]
War Goes Viral
By Emerson T. Brooking & Peter W. Singer The Atlantic Like most everything today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a […]
The Secret Rules of the Internet
By Catherine Buni & Soraya Chemaly The Verge Today, YouTube’s billion-plus users upload 400 hours of video every minute. Every hour, Instagram users generate 146 million “likes” and Twitter users send […]
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