Testing the Leap Frog Hypothesis
This paper tests the ‘leap-frog’ hypothesis by modeling the impact of existing telecommunications infrastructure, controlling for[...]
Read moreDigital Technology and the Market for Political Surveillance
Many new media technologies, such as the internet, serve both as a tool for organizing public[...]
Read moreLiberation Technology
Here’s a paper from last year where I introduce the notion of liberation technology, defined as software[...]
Read moreDigitizing the Social Contract: Producing American Political Culture in the Age of New Media
...are presented through the findings from systematic ethnographers of two organizations devoted to digitizing the social[...]
Read moreNetwork Ethnography and the Hypermedia Organization: New Media, New Organizations, New Methods
Social scientists are increasingly interested in innovative organizational forms made possible with new media, known as[...]
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What’s Stunning about the Misinformation Trend — and How to Fix it
This originally appeared as “What’s Stunning about the Misinformation Trend — and How to Fix it”[...]
To Quash Disinformation, Researchers Must Work With Journalists
Conspiracy theorists, far-right extremists around the world seize on the pandemic
Civil rights advocates have warned for months that the coronavirus could aid recruiting for the most[...]
Social media need a radical rebuild
Fighting the coronavirus infodemic
An “infodemic” of misinformation and disinformation has helped cripple the response to the novel coronavirus....
AI can battle coronavirus, but privacy shouldn’t be a casualty
South Korea has successfully slowed down the spread of coronavirus. Alongside widespread quarantine measures and testing,[...]
‘Lie Machines’: How Governments Are Using Tech to Spread Misinformation About Covid-19
Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Online Harms and Disinformation
Formal hearing at the UK Parliament on misinformation....
BBC World Service Interview
...to Russian social media propaganda, which aired on 17 December 2018. The interview concerned the Computational[...]
Read moreSenate Testimony
I was in Washington this week providing testimony for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The[...]
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S. HRG. 115–397 Open Hearing on Foreign Influence Operations’ Use of Social Media Platforms (Third Party Expert Witness)
Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, 115th Congress, Second Session[...]