Technology

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?

The internet is awash with misinformation; internet browsers are not created equal, and search engines don't deliver identical results.

The potential for oversight is limited, but a policy of self-policing asks too much. How should we regulate AI research?

From bias to privacy, the move to using behavioral biometrics for digital security has a number of ethical implications.

"Deep Fake" technology poses significant threat to our democratic institutions, especially given the power of cancel culture and the ubiquity of confirmation bias.

Issue of free speech lie at the heart of the Hong Kong protests. And exercising our right to it (especially on social media) has important consequences for Hong Kong, as does our silence.

Should we be concerned about Google mining user data to generate consumer profiles? What does data transparency require?

A coercive data collection campaign in China raises questions about corporate complicity. What obligation, if any, do companies have when their goods are being used to cause harm or violate others' rights?

The transition to an ebook market for college textbooks has important consequences for internet piracy and student debt.

Algorithms curating and recommending media content can create echo chambers; they can reinforce misinformation and normalize hate-speech. How can we resist?

The campaign to stem the tide of misinformation online is beset by a number of formidable epistemic obstacles. How effective can fact-checking ever really be?