Technology

What are the drawbacks and advantages of our political discourse migrating to social media platforms?

Being conscious of our online behavior is the first step in combating misinformation.

Recent events once again require us to explain on what grounds we might justify social restrictions to speech.

Given the impact of social media on journalism, we need a new understanding of what is and is not fit for public consumption.

Do we have a democratic obligation to protect newspapers and local journalism from extinction?

Is there any way the development of media manipulation technology might be justified despite the many possibilities and opportunities for abuse?

Anonymity in the online environment renders expertise obsolete. Do facts stand a chance?

Does the airing of slanted and inaccurate views really get us any closer to the truth? Is censorship really so detrimental to meaningful public debate?

How should we understand the speech act of retweeting? What are we signaling and what are we not? When, if ever, might condemnation be appropriate?

Government's claim to be the last word on free speech raises a number of legal and philosophical challenges.

Different governments' contact tracing strategies raise important questions about public health and personal privacy.

We need to rethink our relation to the news; the common ways we acquire and share information is tapping into some of our worst impulses.

The push to hold Facebook and Pinterest accountable for illicit material circulated by private users on their sites may also undermine our internet privacy and put limits on free speech.

The anonymity surrounding users' twitter accounts make it extremely difficult to determine the reliability of information. How should we proceed?

Digital profiling tools (like Google's Sensorvault) and surveillance gadgets (like Amazon's Ring) pose a significant threat to our privacy and blur the line between corporate and government interests.

The epistemic impact of Google and Facebook's monopoly on information and communication poses a very real problem.

Proposed changes to Twitter raise interesting questions about community policing, the resilience of truth, and the value of the platform.

The ability to offer reasons for one's judgments is imperative in medical and legal contexts. What do we do when our AI systems can't provide them?

Religion is beginning to harness the power of technology in order to reach new demographics. But can the goods that faith offers be bestowed by a machine?

A new dating app uses DNA comparison to give users information about potential offspring inheriting a genetic disease. What kind of message are we sending?