If our government wants to implement a tech-forward agenda, a broken infrastructure with a debugger's eye. Read on Wired

It is often said that pornography drives innovation in technology, so perhaps that's why many outlets have framed Pormhub's verification move as "unprecedented." Read on Slate

Sam Hinds and Janet Haven discuss how we will grapple with trust of text-generating AI tools. Read on Nieman Lab

While many conspiracies encourage readers to doubt mainstream sources, QAnon takes things one step further by building an entire knowledge-making institution of its own. And that takes some serious effort. Read on Columbia Journalism Review

Whiteness as the default existence - enforced by explicit and implicit values, norms, and practices in the newsroom - has and will continue to thwart any meaningful efforts to make the country's newsrooms reflect the communities they claim to serve. Read on Poynter

For the New York Daily News, Data & Society Media Manipulation Researcher Lead Joan Donovan and Research Analyst Brian Friedberg critique Facebook's stance on hate speech on their platform. "Through coordination and ex... Read on NY Daily News

For Points, Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Caroline Jack reviews the history of advertising imaginaries. "The question of what protections ads themselves deserve, and to what degree people deserve to be protected fr... Read on Points

Data & Society President and Founder danah boyd and Media Manipulation Research Lead Joan Donovan challenge newsrooms to practice "strategic silence" to avoid amplifying extremist messaging. "Editors used to engage in stra... Read on The Guardian

Jack Flynn and Data & Society Research Analyst Kinjal Dave examine the role of the Koch brothers at Villanova. "In order to preserve academic freedom and integrity on campus, the university must introduce substantive measu... Read on Forvm

D&S advisor Ethan Zuckerman writes about fake news and the bigger problem behind fake news. The truly disturbing truth is that fake news isn't the cause of our contemporary political dysfunction. More troublingly, we live ... Read on Deutsche Welle