Governance Studies

EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

Friday, August 5, 2022

Celebrating two years of tech policy with the TechTank Podcast

Brooke Tanner and Samantha Lai

Thursday, August 4, 2022

A person uses virtual reality headset at Meta stand during the ninth Summit of the Americas

FTC’s case against Meta’s acquisition of Within seeks to shape the emerging VR market

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

A Newark Prep Charter School student listens to math teacher Faiza Sheikh, give a lesson at the school in Newark, New Jersey April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION)

It matters now more than ever: What new developments say about Teacher Diversity and Student Success

Michael Hansen, Constance A. Lindsay, and Seth Gershenson

Monday, August 1, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 21, 2022

Can a state block access to online information about abortion services?

John Villasenor

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A SafeVote official ballot drop box for mail-in ballots is seen outside a polling site at the Milwaukee Public Library’s Washington Park location in Milwaukee, on the first day of in-person voting in Wisconsin, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

Misinformation is eroding the public’s confidence in democracy

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Keesha Middlemass, and Aila Rodriguez

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

People walk past the facade of the New York Stock Exchange draped in a large American Flag, New York, NY, July 6, 2022. Stocks made modest gains as investors read over reports by the Federal Reserve to see if interest rates could go up to fight inflation as a fear of a recession looms over the U.S. economy.

An unequal embrace of digitalization may contribute to recession risk

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Seen behind weeping figures of the Peace Monument, flags are flown at halfstaff on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2022, the one year anniversary of the insurrection at the Capitol building (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Trump is not the only threat to democracy

Darrell M. West

Monday, July 25, 2022

A girl sits at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School the day after video was released showing the May shooting inside the school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022

TechTank Podcast Episode 49: How does the internet facilitate worsening gun violence?

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, July 25, 2022