Analysis and Theory

Alum Nathaniel Lubin writes in The Atlantic that the rise of synthetic content online means social media companies have an even greater responsibility for the information they host and share.

Alum Gregory Gondwe explores the integration of Ubuntu philosophy in AI-driven journalism practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, and its potential to foster more equitable treatment across communities.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander is quoted by Bloomberg on how social media companies would likely respond to a SCOTUS decision in favor of Florida and Texas laws challenging current content moderation practices.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander is quoted in the Daily Beast on the creation of Joseon 2.0 and the possibility of a virtual state.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander evaluates the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) through the “Putin Test”, exposing the law’s potential exploitability in the hands of an authoritarian leader.

Visiting Scholar David Craig shares his insight on how creator culture impacts storytelling and influences public diplomacy in this virtual event from the Center on Public Diplomacy at USC Annenberg.

Alum Kate Klonick debates Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya on the federal government’s role in social media censorship.

Visiting Scholar Lisa Austin argues for a rethinking of digital epistemic rights:

“What the right to information requires is that our digitally-mediated world be created in such a way (through law and policy as well as technological means) that it can be independently knowable and interrogated and that this ability is equitably distributed.”

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander has co-edited the newly released Data Sovereignty: From the Digital Silk Road to the Return of the State, which is available through open access.