Technology, People and Policy.
This post is published in collaboration with Just Security. On Wednesday, Facebook released new information about how the video of the recent terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, circulated online. A Facebook blog post says: “The video was viewed fewer than 200 times during the live broadcast. No users reported the video during the live broadcast. Including the views […]
Here are the stories we are following this week: New Zealand We continue to dissect the reaction to the massacre of 50 people at an Islamic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand last Friday- an event broadcast to the world via Facebook, and spread via a variety of social media platforms and sites. The attack appeared […]
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg announced “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking”. “I understand that many people don’t think Facebook can or would even want to build this kind of privacy-focused platform,” he writes, “because frankly we don’t currently have a strong reputation for building privacy protective services.” The reactions to his post were mixed, with some […]
Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren published a Medium post on her desire to apply antitrust regulation to big tech. Following that post, Sen. Warren ran several anti-Facebook messages as ads on Facebook. Those ads were blocked, resulting in the rare time when Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Warren are aligned on bashing Facebook. But is […]
Sunday marked the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, sparking the bi-annual debate around if this change in time is still needed. The technology policy world is used to constant change, and this past week was no exception. Be it discussions around antitrust impacting technology, privacy laws and taxes, anti-vaccination media and net neutrality, lots of […]
A new report argues for social media platforms to take action Now that the goals and tactics of foreign manipulators such as the Kremlin are better understood, experts in media and disinformation are turning their attention to the problems of domestic disinformation, homegrown in the United States. A new report authored by Paul Barrett, Deputy […]
Inadequate security of computers, networks, systems, and data can devastate the economy, upend the lives of individuals, weaken national security, and even undercut the foundations of our democratic system. The United States continues to face persistent threats to public and private infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated and determined adversaries, making it more urgent than ever to […]
It’s the first week of March, and though the weather may not be showing it, the changing of the seasons is starting to happen. What is staying consistent is the ongoing march of technology. Be it articles on Protego about Section 230 of the CDA and the impact of the IRA on minority citizens, predicting […]
This piece was originally published on Blavity. It’s a common sentiment among communities of color that U.S. lawmakers don’t always have their unique obstacles and systematic roadblocks top of mind. For this reason, many of these citizens have decided to disengage from the democratic process, in turn compounding the effects of ongoing disenfranchisement. As public servants, we […]
Here are the stories we’re following at Protego this week: Take a look into the abyss of Facebook content moderation. For The Verge, Casey Newton delivers 7,000 words on the lives of poorly paid contract workers who spend their days policing questionable content on the world’s largest social media platform. Employees struggle with the trauma of encountering […]