Internet Standards and Age Verification Architecture
A new IETF working draft sets out a technology-neutral framework for age assurance on the internet, comparing methods across service, device, and network enforcement layers.
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Internet Standards and Age Verification Architecture
A new IETF working draft sets out a technology-neutral framework for age assurance on the internet, comparing methods across service, device, and network enforcement layers.
Jesse Jackson’s Legacy on Civil Rights and Technology
Jackson's legacy includes marching with Dr King and running for president twice. Less known is the work he did pushing tech companies to confront discrimination.
Want To Understand Recommender Systems? Read These Books.
Want to understand how recommendation algorithms work? Luca Belli, Ph.D., author of Hidden Influences, recommends these books.
Can Licensing Save the Content Economy?
Two views on licensing and the creator economy.
What the El Mencho Killing Deepfakes Revealed About Information in a Crisis
When news broke that one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders had been killed, the violence that followed spilled into two spaces at once. The streets of Guadalajara, and the internet.
Confidential Chats in the Age of AI
Confer is one early example of how to build a private AI chatbot. We should have many more says Mallory Knodel.
See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
A look at the facts surrounding the debate on social media bans.
Building Trust in the Open
How Protocols for Publishers points to the future of journalism — and the web
People, Protocols and AI: Power and Governance in Open Social Networks
This is the pre-reading for the first event in a global series focused on AI and the social web, held at the India AI Impact Summit. An expanded version incorporating insights from the workshop will follow.
‘Best Interests of the Child’ Paradox: The Social Media Ban Debate in the UK
The UK’s current approach, including the rollout of the Online Safety Act, is still failing to end the widespread harms facing young people online.
Getting Bots to Respect Boundaries
Publisher content is being scraped at scale for AI training and services without clear consent, attribution, or compensation, while also degrading site performance and diverting engineering resources away from human users.
Community Networks: Critical Infrastructure For Rural Connectivity In India
As India goes digital-first, millions remain offline. Locally run networks show how connectivity can be built where markets fall short.
What Do We Want? To Stop Using Google Docs.
When do we want it?
TBH, it's complicated.