Big Tech spending in Brussels is insane…
..and by insane, I mean insanely small compared to its impact. LobbyControl and Corporate Europe Observatory just published a great new report on Big Tech lobby spending. And…
Category: policy
There is no Digital Public Space
There is no digital public space. It simply does not currently exist. Not in any real sense of the word. Whenever I read that Twitter or Facebook want…
Tech at the Center
In recent conversations, we repeatedly touched on the point that in some of the biggest societal challenges — specifically ongoing threats to democracy — tech appears to be…
Emotional Algos
Recently, this graph made the round on Twitter. It shows how news headlines have been getting more emotionally intense over the years: They appear to be written specifically…
Two threat models for algorithmic decision-making systems
There are two major threat models to consider when discussing algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM) — which I’ll get to in a moment. The other day, when I spoke to…
Is standardization the new frontier for civil society?
A topic that has been comic up a lot in conversation is a trend towards pushing regulation work to standards bodies. More concretely, for regulation in the context…
UN Habitat Playbook “Centering People in Smart Cities”
UN Habitat launched a new series of playbooks as part of its People Centered Smart Cities flagship program. I was happy to be a peer reviewer last year…