The Future of Interoperability is Private @ IGF 2025
This month, the Social Web Foundation is joining the UN’s 20th annual conference on the internet.
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AI, Bias and the Courts
AI is reshaping how courts make decisions, but without transparency and accountability, these tools risk amplifying bias, eroding civil rights, and undermining public trust in the justice system. This is a summary of Mallory Knodel’s keynote at the Michigan Judges Conference.
Rethinking Robots: Why Visual Representation of AI Matters
The images we use to depict AI, from robots, to blue brains and cascading code, are more than just clichés. They shape public understanding, feed myths and undermine meaningful engagement. Better Images of AI is working to change that.
Who Is Organizing the Tech Workforce?
A few weeks ago in the IX community, we were talking about the tech workforce, particularly in light of recent mass layoffs and protests over Big Tech’s role in supporting Israel’s occupation of Gaza. There was a time when employees at the world’s most powerful tech companies
QUIC: The Battle That Never Was
New research from postdoctoral researcher Clément Perarnaud and professor Francesca Musiani on the QUIC protocol reveals how tech giants like Google are reshaping internet infrastructure through standard-setting, raising fresh questions about power, governance, and digital sovereignty.
The Winners of Tariff Diplomacy: U.S. Tech Companies
By Burcu Kilic. Adapted from a version originally published in the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights’ "Trump’s First 100 Days in Office" report and published in our newsletter. For more insights and essays from IX contributors, make sure to subscribe.
Tech Companies Push to Reframe Reinstated Tariffs
Who Are the Winners of Tariff Diplomacy?
The Winners of Tariff Diplomacy: U.S. Tech Companies