"On social media there is a context collapse between the living and the dead"

>"What does a platform want you to remember?"

Platforms like OnlyFans mean people with big followings online can earn money. Where does that leave the sex workers who were there first?

>"Clothing is more intimately connected to the body than any phone. And because fashion depends on perceptions of exclusivity and access, the temptation to abuse the forecasting powers of data may be stronger. Such data would allow _...Read More_

"Twelve leading figures from tech, government and academia —including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley and David French—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social media sites."

"The video-sharing app avoids scrutiny because politicians don’t take it seriously."

Streaming movies should be approached with a sense of urgency, because of the danger that a great movie that’s newly available may _...Read More_

"We don’t need the next big thing. We need countless next little things."

Giants walk among us. Unlike the giants of yore, leviathans breaching the raging sea or towering behemoths of glass and steel, today’s giants are unfathomable and yet strangely intimate. Our giants are technology platforms. _...Read More_

In 2020, the need to contain misinformation about COVID-19 pushed Facebook and Twitter into a role they never wanted—arbiters of the _...Read More_

>"Major inventions cause major upheaval. Why don’t we take precautions?"

Historically, public life came into existence only after humans began living outside of strict familial relationships, and the corresponding development of the city-state, revealing two key observations that are particularly relevant today. _...Read More_

In an interview with Artnews, Herndon admits that she’s stumped by this problem: “ ‘What is an individual’s voice?’ and ‘how do you copyright it?’ are very sticky questions. I don’t have the answers, but … our society isn’t structured to _...Read More_