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Why Independent Researchers Need Better Access to Platform Data
This episode was recorded in Barcelona at this year’s Mozilla Festival. One session at the festival focused on how to get better access to data for independent researchers to study technology platfor…
Published on 11 hours ago
Through to Thriving: Connecting Art and Policy with Mimi Ọnụọha
For her special series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli spoke to artist Mimi Ọnụọha, whose work "questions and exposes the contradictory logics of tec…
Published on 1 week ago
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology
Ryan Calo is a professor at the University of Washington School of Law with a joint appointment at the Information School and an adjunct appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science an…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Evaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect Teens
Instagram has spent years making promises about how it intends to protect minors on its platform. To explore its past shortcomings—and the questions lawmakers and regulators should be asking—I spoke …
Published on 3 weeks ago
The Open Internet is Dead. What Comes Next?
Mallory Knodel, executive director of the Social Web Foundation and founder of a weekly newsletter called the Internet Exchange, and Burcu Kilic, a senior fellow at Canada’s Center for International…
Published on 4 weeks ago
What We Can Learn from the First Digital Services Act Out-of-Court Dispute Settlements?
It’s been three years since Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, a sweeping set of rules meant to hold online platforms accountable for how they moderate content and protect users. O…
Published on 1 month ago
Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression
Drawn from the biblical story in the book of Genesis, “Babel” has come to stand for the challenge of communication across linguistic, cultural, and ideological divides—the confusion and fragmentation…
Published on 1 month ago
Following DOGE, US States Pursue 'Efficiency' Initiatives
Across the United States, dozens of state governments have attempted to establish their own efficiency initiatives, some molded in the image of the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
California Becomes Frontline in Battle Over AI Companions
With two new bills headed to the desk of Governor Governor Gavin Newsom (D), California could soon pass the most significant guardrails for AI companions in the nation, sparking a lobbying brawl betw…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Setting a 'Tech Agenda' for Climate Week
From September 21–28, New York City will host Climate Week. Leaders from business, politics, academia, and civil society will gather to share ideas and develop strategies to address the climate cris…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago