Engineering and Policy Development

Assembly Fellow Nate Lubin recaps his fellowship project, a white paper which argues for a series of platform accountability mechanisms informed by the field of public health.

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is thrilled to announce its 2023-24 cohort of Visiting Scholars. These seven visiting faculty members will use their time with the Institute to investigate urgent social media problems and propose mitigations for harmful online phenomena.

Assembly Fellow Elodie Vialle joins a panel discussion at the International Journalism Festival to address how newsrooms can protect journalists from online abuse.

Visiting Scholar David Nemer breaks down five key elements of the “Fake News Bill” currently being considered by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.

Individuals with an interest or expertise in tech policy, internet governance, digital rights, and/or social media regulation are encouraged to apply. Learn more!

Faculty Director James Mickens and the Coalition for Independent Tech Research argue that Twitter’s API plan will restrict public interest research. The group pledges to “advance, defend, and work to sustain the right to ethically study the impacts of technology on society.”

RSM Assembly Fellow Joe Bak-Coleman explains in Tech Policy Press why TikTok’s API guidelines may pose difficulties for academic researchers.

As part of our RE:COMMITTED newsletter, we checked in with individuals and organizations who filed amicus briefs in Gonzalez v. Google. Legal experts from the Knight First Amendment Institute, Public Knowledge, EPIC, the Cato Institute, and elsewhere weighed in.

RSM Affiliate Aviv Ovadya appears on Casey Newton and Kevin Roose’s “Hard Fork” podcast to discuss platform democracy proposals, which would give users real voice in the platform governance process.

How can online technologies evolve to provide better safeguards to journalists? PEN America and RSM hosted an interdisciplinary workshop with reporters, academics, civil society experts, and platform representatives to brainstorm solutions.