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Op-Ed | The 1996 Law That Ruined the Internet: Why I changed my mind about Section 230 (Atlantic, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/05/2021 - 19:13Op-Ed | The Year That Changed the Internet: Platforms Became Arbiters of the Truth (Atlantic, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 10:16Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine: The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save us (Atlantic, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 09:45Op-ed: Right-Wing Social Media Finalizes Its Divorce From Reality (Atlantic, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 15:43Obama: The internet is “the single biggest threat to our democracy”
A Q&A with former President Barack Obama.
The Internet Won’t Be the Same After Trump
President Donald Trump has changed the internet in obvious ways. During his first term, Americans have watched his administration relish the opportunity to destroy net neutrality—the core principle of a free and open internet.
Zeynep Tufekci: The Pandemic Is No Excuse to Surveil Students (Atlantic, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/08/2020 - 18:22America’s Terrible Internet Is Making Quarantine Worse
In the COVID-19 era, life has moved to the internet, but not everyone has it, thanks to America’s notoriously unequal internet access. As many districts start virtually this fall, some teachers say they’re fighting to ensure that all of their students can log into class each day. Their struggles are just one example of the consequences of America’s failure to get all of its citizens online before this uniquely internet-dependent time. How did such an advanced country leave so many people technologically behind?