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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.