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.
author: Mallory Knodel
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.
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.
Censorship Should Be Obsolete by Now. Why Isn’t It?
Internet censorship is accelerating worldwide, driven by governance choices, corporate power, and governments invoking digital sovereignty to justify tighter control.
Technical Standards in Service to Humanity
Protecting Kids Without Breaking the Internet
Mallory Knodel discusses an output from the IAB and W3C workshop, now open for feedback, outlining a neutral framework for age verification that maps where checks could occur while weighing privacy, security, and human rights impacts.
Encryption and Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance
Internet Exchange is bringing the conversation about encryption, feminism, and reimagining child safety without surveillance to MozFest.