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Trust is not a one-size-fits-all concept. It is constructed and produced in ways that serve some communities, and exclude others. Many of our current technological systems are designed in ways […]
By Sareeta AmruteI had blinked at the aesthetic poverty of the most recent pitch for Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR game, featuring Mark Zuckerberg’s dead-eyed cartoon avatar against a visual background that one […]
By Shannon VallorIt starts with a tick box on a form. To assess the potential risk to vulnerable people, my university ethics committee asks whether a research project involves “people with a […]
By Georgia van ToornMight Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter impact next week’s U.S. midterm elections? Based on the impulsive and unprofessional behavior we’ve seen over just the past week, the answer is “yes.” […]
By Edward PerezThe Critical Digital Studies Group is hosting its first guest speaker event with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele (University of Maryland).From the Archive to TikTok: Care and Feeding as Praxis in […]
Licensed healthcare professionals on YouTube can now apply to get panels added to their videos that mark them as reliable health information sources, the company said Thursday. They’ll also be […]
By Nicole WetsmanA week before Elon Musk closed his $44 billion Twitter deal, Cassie LaBelle, a writer who is part of a transgender community on Twitter, started a Discord server. “I don’t […]
By Amanda HooverMargaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. “I started having regular breakdowns,” says Mitchell, who founded and co-led the company’s […]
By Melissa HeikkiläINFORMED brings together key leaders and experts to engage around the biggest questions at the intersection of technology, media, and democracy. Presented by Knight Foundation, the gathering will be an […]
Join us virtually on December 2nd and 3rd as we celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) with approximately two and a half hours of interactive […]
The doorstep has emerged as the new physical locale of consumption — the threshold at which purchased products become personal property. In this transformation, the porch has become a contested […]
By Aiha Nguyen, Eve Zelickson