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Affiliate Chinmayi Arun reviews Ulises Mejias and Faculty Associate Nick Couldry's Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back, digging into the extractive…

Faculty Associate David Nemer breaks down how digital monopolies erode democracy in Brazil, fueling inequality, precarious labor, and disinformation.

Wendy Chun, Christian Sandvig, and Christo Wilson participated in a panel to determine what makes an AI audit effective and trustworthy.

BKC Affiliate Jenn Louie weighs in on how AI might inform our understandings of humanity, morality, and meaning-making.

BKC co-founder Jonathan Zittrain moderated a debate between Anupam Chander and Alan Rozenshtein about the possible threats to national security posed by TikTok.

Fellow Ryan Kellett comments on Dave Jorgenson's new weekly news skit show.

RSM Visiting Scholar Eric Gilbert and coauthors argue that we need new laws to expedite the takedown of non-consensual intimate media (NCIM).

Lauren Bridges weighs in on the environmental impact of AI data centers.

Bruce Schneier observes that the UK's demands that Apple weaken its security worldwide will exacerbate threats to users.

Faculty Associate Swati Srivastava shares her thoughts on public versus private power, “how discussions of sovereignty can tell us about corporate power, and what might be new…

Nick Couldry and Paola Ricaurte, members of the Non-Allied Tech Movement, signed onto a letter advocating for a more inclusive and democratic approach to digital governance. "We…

"This phenomenon can no longer be explained through the rubric of ‘surveillance capitalism’ since the point is not merely to make money by tracking what users do."

"Without the appropriate safeguards, AI for Good initiatives can be easily manipulated to serve as a new method of innovation arbitrage."

"The history of love and the history of technology have always been intertwined."

Faculty Associate Dasha Pruss and Nedah Nemati argue that technological “alternatives” to incarceration extend psychological torture beyond prisons.

Fay Johnson considers social media platforms' decisions about which speech to censor and which to allow.

Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejías warn against “data colonialism” and call for grassroots resistance to Musk's interference in the US Government.

"Border technologies heighten the historical violence of colonialism and imperialism while failing to address the root causes of forced migration."

"Resilience is a prevention problem, and prevention does not attract money."

"The widespread adoption of smartphones, growing internet penetration, and the increasing sophistication of surveillance tools offer unprecedented opportunities for state and…