An Introduction to Extitutional Theory

A set of conceptual tools to describe and analyse the…

Internet Shutdowns in 2021

Rethinking advocacy strategies

It’s that time of the year again when expert analysts take a gaze into the future and proffer an outlook for the year ahead. In international affairs perhaps there is none as eminent as The Economist…

Movement Lawyering for Alternative Futures

Social Movements & the Limits of the Law

Q&A: Armando Guio Español on AI Ethics and Policy

BKC affiliate drafted Ethical Framework for…

Some Reflections on the Role of Government in Trustworthy AI

Shared at the Launch Event of Colombia’s…

What can tech learn from sex workers?

Sexual Ethics, Tech Design & Decoding Stigma

Bad incentives ruined the internet

A deep-dive on incentive design

A response to Senator Tillis’s questions regarding his proposed draft legislation and possible changes to Title 17.

The Breakdown: Joan Donovan on domestic misinformation

Q&A covers election misinformation, content…

The Declarations of Cyberspace

Outlining three essential narratives in the political history of the…

Extended Reality

The Potential of Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality Experiences for Remote…

What Digital Contact Tracing Can Teach Us About Public Trust, Health Equity, and Governance in the United States

Reflections from over a dozen Digital Pandemic Response Working Group meetings hosted by…

Data for better lives

An agenda for meaningful connectivity in Africa

The World Bank’s annual World Development Report 2021 themed “Data for better lives’’ will be launched in Q1 2021. In our modern world where the impact of data and digital technology…

The Breakdown: Foreign Interference and the U.S. 2020 Election

Election interference and platform…

Lumen — The Year in Review

September 2019-August 2020

Urs Gasser on two new books — and what’s ahead

Gasser discusses a new guide on “connected parenting”…

International Human Rights Law Is Not Enough to Fix Content Moderation’s Legitimacy Crisis

“No simple answer”

“Covid State of Play” examines sick buildings, planning lags, and reopening

Beware of Apps Bearing Gifts in a Pandemic

Companies are using tricky user interfaces to get more of…

The Breakdown: Daphne Keller explains the Communications Decency Act

Daphne Keller discusses CDA 230…

Tech Execs Wield Privacy as a Shield and a Sword in Congressional Hearing

Thoughts on the #BigTech…

The Breakdown: Jonathan Zittrain reflects on 2019–2020 Assembly program, disinformation

On Platforms and Power

E pluribus unum or e pluribus pauca?

Legal Risks of Adversarial Machine Learning Research