Internet

How texting makes stress worse

2021-02-22

If group chats give us solace and connection in a crisis, why do some of us feel burnt out and overwhelmed by them?

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Assessing the Seriousness of the Latest Cyber-attacks

2020-12-29

In addition to the rising Covid-19 case numbers in US and most of the world during this holiday season, the US and others have suffered a rash of cyber-attacks...

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How to Govern the New Digital Domain

2020-10-21

For too long, and on too many issues, policymakers have left the governance of technology in the hands of those who design it. Governments face three imperatives...

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A researcher dismantles ISIS' recruitment plans through social media

2020-10-07

Social media became indispensable main platform used by extremist organizations to win new allegiants to support their scheme.

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The Coming Global Technology Fracture

2020-09-11

The international trade regime we now have, expressed in the rules of the World Trade Organization and other agreements, is not of this world...

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The Other Global Power Shift

2020-08-12

The world is increasingly obsessed with the ongoing power struggle between the US and China. But the technology-driven shift of power away from states to transnational actors....

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ISIS Seeks New Paths for its Targets

2020-07-20

ISIS is looking for new paths to takeover new areas. Yet, this time is over the internet to brainwash new minds and execute new plans.

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After the Liberal International Order

2020-07-08

If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while cooperating with

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Where Is the Local News About COVID-19?

2020-05-04

As if disinformation and confusion about COVID-19 at the national level were not bad enough, the pandemic also coincides with rising authoritarianism and declining local news coverage in many countries. Now more than ever...

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Building Cooperation in an Unsettled World

2020-01-25

While the changing nature of global power may tempt some actors to seek advantage through confrontation, the expanding field of stakeholders offers the possibility of a course correction.

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The fight to keep the internet free and open for everyone

2019-11-04

Connecting the world is seen as a humanitarian mission for some technology evangelists – but ensuring a free and open web is a harder problem to solve.

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Deterrence in Cyberspace

2019-06-12

Understanding deterrence in cyberspace is often difficult, because our minds remain captured by an image of deterrence shaped by the Cold War

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Elizabeth Warren’s Big Ideas on Big Tech

2019-04-03

The debate about how to regulate the tech sector is eerily reminiscent of the debate over financial regulation in the early 2000s

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The Christchurch Massacre Was Another Internet-Enabled Atrocity

2019-03-23

Facebook is no more obliged to accept a posting than the New York Times is to print a submitted article. The social media companies themselves bear the social responsibility for their content.

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The Dark Web Enabled the Christchurch Killer

2019-03-18

The attack in New Zealand was inspired in part by the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, but the real threat is lone wolves lurking in the far corners of the Internet.

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Journalism’s Risky Tech Attraction

2019-03-18

There is nothing wrong with using technology to solve problems, including those created by technology, or to give a company a competitive edge.

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Facebook and the Future of Online Privacy

2018-04-13

The EU has taken the lead in responding to abuse by the likes of Facebook, thanks to its new privacy standards and proposed greater taxation of peddlers of online personal data

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Bringing Arab Education Online

2016-06-07

World’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online

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