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EthanZuckerman.comExcerpt: "As one of the speakers put it (we’re under Chatham House rules...), listening machines trigger all three aspects of the surveillance holy trinity: they’re pervasive, starting to appear in all aspects of our lives; the... Read on EthanZuckerman.comJune 2015 -
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MediumD&S founder danah boyd considers recent efforts at reforming laws around student privacy and what it would mean to actually consider the privacy rights of the most marginalized students. The threats that poor youth face? T... Read on MediumMay 2015 -
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MediumIn this piece, D&S founder danah boyd considers the interwoven political and social goals of education and, in light of these goals, the different ways one can interpret the personalized learning agenda in education. She al... Read on MediumApril 2015 -
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MediumD&S researcher Monica Bulger considers how existing child pornography laws address (or fail to address) the phenomenon of sexting, in which minors produce sexually explicit images of themselves to share with other minors: ... Read on MediumJanuary 2015 -
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EthanZuckerman.comIn this blog post, D&S Ethan Zuckerman discusses some of the recent work being done by Helen Nissenbaum. While also being a leading thinker on the ethical issues faced in digital spaces, Nissenbaum also lends her support an... Read moreOctober 2014 -
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London School of Economics blogD&S researcher Monica Bulger with Sonia Livingstone wrote a response to the the ten year review of the WSIS implementation. There is much room for improvement to achieve the ‘people-centred, inclusive and development-orient... Read on London School of Economics blogSeptember 2014 -
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Socializing FinancePointing to an essay on high-frequency trading by Donald Mackenzie, D&S fellow Martha Poon comments on the tension between technologies accommodating "a variety of social visions" and available choices being constrained by ... Read on Socializing FinanceSeptember 2014 -
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MediumNude pictures of celebrities stolen from their own iCloud accounts. Facebook experimenting with the emotions in their users’ feeds. Google reading Gmail before their users do. Fitness trackers without privacy policies, vulnerab... Read on MediumSeptember 2014 -
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MediumFairness is one of those values that Americans love to espouse. It’s just as beloved in technical circles, where it’s often introduced as one of the things that “neutral” computers do best. We collectively perceive ourselves an... Read on MediumSeptember 2014