In “Are There Limits to Online Free Speech?” D&S fellow Alice Marwick argues against simplistic binaries pitting free speech against censorship, looking at how the tech industry’s historic commitment to freedom of speech fa... Read on Points

D&S advisor Anil Dash calls for more specific categorization of tech companies. This also contributes to spreading tech’s well-known shortcomings around inclusion and diversity into new fields. Today, companies described a... Read on AnilDash.com

D&S advisor Susan Crawford discussed the limitations of how net neutrality can protect consumers. Crawford details other methods that providers can and have exploit loopholes. Look, I am just as hard core about net neutral... Read on Backchannel

"This issue goes far beyond the Trending box in the corner of your Facebook profile, and this latest wave of concerns is only the tip of the iceberg around how powerful actors can affect or shape political discourse. What is of... Read on Points

D&S Advisor Andrew McGlaughlin reflects on Facebook's approach to implementing their Free Basics program: In opening a door to the Internet, Facebook doesn’t need to be a gatekeeper The good news, though, is that Facebook ... Read on Medium

D&S founder danah boyd declares: “It’s not Cyberspace anymore.” While at Davos, danah reflects on the 20 years since John Perry Barlow wrote "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace". "There is a power shift unde... Read on Points

The public interest concept has traditionally been a central, multi-faceted, and highly contested guiding principle in the governance of media platforms that have played a significant role in the dissemination of news and infor... Read more

"Seeta Gangadharan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Open Technology Institute in Washington DC [and a D&S fellow]. She discusses the automated systems, known as algorithms, that are replacing human discretion more and mor... Read on Radio NZ

Data & Society affiliate Kate Crawford comments on a court case in which a law firm is using data from a plaintiff's Fitbit in support of her personal injury claim and explores the implications of elective self-tracking tec... Read on The Atlantic