Working with Civitates
A quick transparency update: I’m happy to share that I’ve recently started working with Civitates, a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe. In Civitates’ own words:…
Tag: platforms
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…
The End of Big Social (Connection Problem S09E05)
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The age of the digital railroad tycoons (Connection Problem S09E03)
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Will Europe be able to enforce the new internet regulation frameworks DMA and DSA?
Europe is revamping internet regulation as we know it, with ambitious (if, in some areas, dangerously vague) new rights acts Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act…
A limit of openness: Controlling data flows
Openness has been a founding pillar of the web: open source, open data, free culture all have been driving forces for a thriving internet. Increasingly, we’re seeing the…
Facebook, Twitter, Google are a new type of media platform, and new rules apply
When Congress questioned representatives of Facebook, Google and Twitter, it became official: We need to finally find an answer to a debate that’s been bubbling for months (if…