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Spectrum: The pathway of the 21st century

Friday, March 12, 2021

Lessons for online platform regulation from Australia vs. Facebook

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Community members march down El Paseo shopping district in Palm Desert in rebuke of the shutdown mandate by the state government to stop the spread of COVID-19 on December 9, 2020.Coivd Protest

Why America has great science but terrible politics

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

A man wearing a protective face mask walks under surveillance cameras as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

TechTank Podcast Episode 14: How companies surveil workers and ways employees can protect themselves

Darrell M. West

Monday, March 8, 2021

A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, August 21, 2012. President Barack Obama said on Monday the U.S. housing market was "beginning to tick up" but was still not where it needs to be. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) - GM1E88M0DXE01

Algorithms and housing discrimination: Rethinking HUD’s new disparate impact rule

John Villasenor and Virginia Foggo

Friday, March 5, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington

Five reforms the FTC can undertake now to strengthen the agency

Monday, March 1, 2021

Ethernet cables used for internet connection are seen at the headquarters of the Wnet internet service provider in Kiev

Restoring non-discrimination to the 21st century’s most important network

Thursday, February 25, 2021

A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, in this photo illustration, May 2, 2013. Facebook Inc's mobile advertising revenue growth gained momentum in the first three months of the year as the social network sold more ads to users on smartphones and tablets, partially offsetting higher spending which weighed on profits. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - GM1E9530ENS01

Facebook’s Oversight Board makes an imperfect case for private governance

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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TechTank Podcast Episode 13: Should free speech be regulated online?

Nicol Turner Lee, David Johns, John B. Morris, Jr., and Tom Wheeler

Monday, February 22, 2021

Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman leaves the North Block of the Central Secretariat building for the Parliament to announce the union budget in New Delhi. (Photo by Ganesh Chandra / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Walking the talk: Infrastructure, privatization, and digital in India’s budget speeches

Friday, February 19, 2021

The logos of Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Pinterest social media app icons on a smartphone.

How online platform transparency can improve content moderation and algorithmic performance

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

A view shows Mars in this handout picture taken after UAE's Hope Probe entered orbit in the first Arab Mars mission February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 2021. United Arab Emirates Space Agency/Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre / LASP / EMM-EXI/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Will Mars become an object of international competition?

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Sarai Machic, 8, attends Miami Community Charter School in Flagler City, FL, USA. for the first day of class on Monday, August 31, 2020. Miami Community Charter is one of the few schools accommodating students who do not have Internet access at home or whose parents cannot stay home with them for remote learning. Photo by Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boosting broadband adoption

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Reels of optical fiber cables are seen in a storage area in Perugia, Italy, June 23, 2017

Connecting the unconnected in rural America

Thursday, February 11, 2021

A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California, December 29, 2014. FireEye is the security firm hired by Sony to investigate last month's cyberattack against Sony Pictures. Picture taken December 29. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW)

Protecting the cybersecurity of America’s networks

Thursday, February 11, 2021