Google Search Ruled a Monopoly: What’s Next?
An antitrust expert explains Monday’s landmark legal decision that Google illegally cemented its dominance in Internet search
Google Search Ruled a Monopoly: What’s Next?
An antitrust expert explains Monday’s landmark legal decision that Google illegally cemented its dominance in Internet search
Supreme Court’s Message in First Amendment Case: Tech Is Free to Moderate Social Media
The Supreme Court kicked two cases challenging social media moderation laws in Florida and Texas back to lower courts
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Experts Fighting Online Misinformation ‘Vindicated’ by Supreme Court Ruling
A recent Supreme Court decision rules that the U.S. government can talk to scientists and social media companies to curb online falsehoods
How Older People Can Stay Safe from Fraud and Scams
Older people are increasingly becoming the targets of fraudsters. Here’s how to stay safe and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed
We Must Face Down the Expanding Anti-Reality Industry
Exposing the antiscience playbook reveals the antiregulatory motives of its deep-pocketed bankrollers
The Missing Human in Misinformation Fixes
Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human
Quantum Internet Milestone Takes Entanglement Out of the Lab and into Cities
It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab
How Foreign Governments Sway Voters with Online Manipulation
Almost half of the world population heads to elections in 2024. To counter disinformation activities aimed against the voters on social media, we must first understand how they work
Online Age Verification Laws Could Do More Harm Than Good
More U.S. states are requiring online ID checks. A proposed French strategy aims to balance child safety with users’ privacy rights
Banning TikTok Would Do Basically Nothing to Protect Your Data
Proposed restrictions on TikTok would be “security theater” in the face of the staggering amounts of data that foreign and domestic tech companies collect
We Need a Public Service Internet to Free Us from Big Tech’s Grasp
The profit-led business models of big tech are harming democracy. We should look to the tradition of public media to help us find alternatives
How Blatantly False Headlines Can Distort What We Believe In
New research highlights the necessity of stopping huge falsehoods during the presidential election cycle