Telecommunications & Internet

A Donald Trump supporter protests the extension of the stay-at-home order outside the Thompson Center in Chicago on May 1, 2020. The modified stay-at-home order by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker runs through the end of May to slow the spread of COVID-19 and now requires people to wear a face covering when entering businesses or when social distancing in public places is not possible. (Photo by Max Herman/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Podcast: Jane Lytvynenko on debunking the disinformation garbage fire

Jane Lytvynenko, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Friday, July 17, 2020

The nameplate of political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, is seen in central London, Britain March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

We need tougher action against disinformation and propaganda

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

13th year old student Jayen in her bedroom in front of her laptops during distance virtual school learning amid Coronavirus Pandemic in Broward County, Florida Public Schools. Florida began their experience with online virtual distance learning, amid the growing coronavirus pandemic on March 31, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Bridging the digital divide through digital equity offices

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

July 23, 2020

Community members take 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence during a Solidarity Vigil held in the fire bay at the Carmel Fire Department at 2 Civic Square on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The public was invited to attend and show support for George Floyd, his family and all those who have suffered unjustly in the black community.Cent02 7av4fk1s9j9113dg6hjs Original

Podcast: Brandi Collins-Dexter on COVID-19 misinformation and black communities

Brandi Collins-Dexter, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are seen in a combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos - RC196FE450D0

Questions for technology CEOs testifying before Congress

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, left, US Senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat of Connecticut), center, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California), Ranking Member, US Senate Judiciary Committee, right, chat prior to the committee markup of the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020," and judicial nominations in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Senate’s twin threats to online speech and security

Riana Pfefferkorn

Monday, July 13, 2020

A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at the International Artificial Products Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 18, 2019. Picture taken October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC171198B320

Previewing the TechStream newsletter: The geopolitics of TikTok

TechStream Staff

Friday, July 10, 2020

A demonstrator stands in front of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers inside of an area being called the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" that has been established to protest the New York Police Department and in support of "Black Lives Matter" near City Hall in lower Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How to reform police monitoring of social media

Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Ángel Díaz

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Honda's latest version of the Asimo humanoid robot shakes hands during a presentation in Zaventem near Brussels July 16, 2014. Honda introduced in Belgium an improved version of its Asimo humanoid robot that it says has enhanced intelligence and hand dexterity, and is able to run at a speed of some 9 kilometres per hour (5.6 miles per hour). REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS SOCIETY)

Podcast: Darius Kazemi on the great bot panic

Darius Kazemi, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A visitor gets his temperature measured as he wears a face mask at a fashion shopping center in Ashdod, as restrictions over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ease around Israel, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

How Israel’s COVID-19 mass surveillance operation works

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler and Rachel Aridor Hershkowitz

Monday, July 6, 2020