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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about health care and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How Biden can take the high road on misinformation

Monday, December 21, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his health and coronavirus response teams during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The Biden administration should relax, not expand, centralized regulatory reviews

Friday, December 18, 2020

If not AI ethicists like Timnit Gebru, who will hold Big Tech accountable?

Thursday, December 17, 2020

An Uber driver looks out of his vehicle next to New York City Hall while Uber riders and driver-partners take part in a rally on steps of the City Hall against proposed legislation limiting for-hire vehicles in New York June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - GF10000144880

TechTank Podcast Episode 10: How fair is the gig economy?

Darrell M. West, Makada Henry-Nickie, and Aaron Klein

Monday, December 14, 2020

Luke Peters demonstrates Siri, an application which uses voice recognition and detection on the iPhone 4S, outside the Apple store in Covent Garden, London October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS)

Voice assistants have a gender bias problem. What can we do about it?

Mishaela Robison

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

A general view of the White House in Washington, D.C.

New White House guidance downplays important AI harms

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos - RC1A2AC56CF0

The tech industry needs regulation for its systemically important companies

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

What to expect from a Biden FCC on Section 230, net neutrality, and 5G

Darrell M. West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Caitlin Chin

Thursday, December 3, 2020

A tweet by US president Donald Trump is seen being flagged as inciting violence by Twitter in this photo illustration on an Apple iPhone in Warsaw, Poland on May 29, 2020. Twitter on May 29 applied a fact-checking label to a vote-in-mail tweet by US President Donald Trump that the company considers misleading. Twitter has recently started labelling tweets with public notification and fact check labels. The labelling of Trump's tweet about the uproar following the death of George Floyd has seen the president signing an executive order targeting the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 which protects social media companies against lawsuits against them for user generated content. (Photo by Jaap Arriens / Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How should Facebook and Twitter handle Trump after he leaves office?

Mishaela Robison and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Dr. Tiffany Link gets ready to see a patient for a telehealth session in the spare bedroom in her home in Fort Collins, Colo. on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.052020 Telehealth 01 Bb

TechTank Podcast Episode 9: Will telehealth continue under the Biden administration?

Nicol Turner Lee and Niam Yaraghi

Monday, November 30, 2020

This cuffing season, it’s time to consider the privacy of dating apps

Caitlin Chin and Mishaela Robison

Friday, November 20, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

Modernizing congressional tech will require old fashioned collaboration

Kevin M. Esterling, Marci Harris, and Claire Abernathy

Thursday, November 19, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden adjusts his face mask after speaking about the U.S. economy following a briefing with economic advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

How the new Biden administration can control infodemics

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Joe Biden a paru jeudi se rapprocher légèrement de la victoire à l'élection présidentielle aux Etats-Unis, dont l'issue dépend désormais d'une poignée d'Etats dans lesquels les écarts sont extrêmement minces et se resserrent au fur et à mesure du dépouillement, contesté par Donald Trump, qui promet de mener une bataille juridique tous azimuts pour conserver la Maison blanche. /Photos prises le 4 novembre 2020/REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Carlos Barria

With only 11 weeks, a transition delayed is a transition denied

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An election worker places mail-in ballots into a voting box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters for San Diego County in San Diego, California, U.S., October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

By passing Proposition 24, California voters up the ante on federal privacy law

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday, November 17, 2020