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Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
November 23, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and Google are working with a coalition of governments including the UK and Canada to fight misinformation and…
California’s Proposition 22 Reinforces the Need for Fair Working Conditions Worldwide | Oxford Internet Institute
by Sara Spinks
November 11, 2020
Last Tuesday, voters in California passed Proposition 22, a measure that allows gig companies to hire drivers and couriers as…
Academic Writing Month Webinar: Publishing Trends and Academic Writers | Social Science Space
November 4, 2020
From scholarly article to practical guides, from textbooks to media, from weighty tomes to tweets, researchers and academic writers have…
Corporations directing our attention online more than we realize | Illinois News Bureau
by Craig Chamberlain
November 2, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social media might push us into…
Job Opening: AIGI Public Fellow | Data & Society
by Data & Society
October 22, 2020
This new position at Data & Society is an opportunity for a mid-career or senior scholar, or team of two…
Report on tax evasion and listen to women of colour: Safiya Noble’s tips to cover tech | Reuters Institute
by Eduardo Suárez
October 20, 2020
Safiya Noble is one of the most respected voices on the impact of technology companies in society. She is an…
How brands can disrupt disinformation in the U.S. elections | Global Disinformation Index
by GDI
October 19, 2020
Voting has begun in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and disinformation actors are taking advantage of the divisive political climate.…
How democracies can claim back power in the digital world | MIT Technology Review
by Marietje Schaake
September 30, 2020
Since technologies evolve faster than laws, discrepancies between private agency and public oversight are growing. Take, for example, “smart city”…
Uphold Digital Sovereignty, Avert Digital Autarky | Oxford Internet Institute
by Nikita Aggarwal, Luciano Floridi, & Dr Matthias Qian
September 30, 2020
A century ago, international wars were fought for control of people, land, seas and natural resources, such as oil and…