Stifling Speech Through DNS Infrastructure
How governments are using domain name suspension to censor websites.
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Creators Need AI Opt-Out Tools They Can Actually Use
If opt-out tools exist, but no creator can use them, do they really protect anything?
Apple-Google Encrypted RCS Buries the Interoperability vs. Security Myth
End-to-end encrypted RCS between iPhones and Android phones is a security win for billions of users and a challenge to the industry argument that interoperability and security are incompatible.
Search After Google
If we replace Google, will it be with one thing? Or many?
From the Commons to Rentierism: Governance Against a Closed Internet
A chapter from the book Open For Debate: Governance, Power, and the Limits of Internet Openness
What do cloud service companies disclose about their use of fossil fuels?
Green Web Foundation thinks not enough.
Shaping What Comes Next: Inside the IGF Expert Group Meeting
The IGF considers its future as a permanent UN mandate.
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.