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Jane Bambauer
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The Misbegotten War Against Curation
Public resentment of the “attention economy” has reached a fever pitch, and the political will to regulate its algorithms is palpable. Right now, there are…
Reinventing Cambridge Analytica One Good Intention at a Time
The European Commission is gearing up to begin enforcement of its landmark Digital Markets Act. This act—alongside Europe’s privacy law (the General Data Protection Regulation,…
Reckless Associations: A New Tort for a New Information Ecosystem
On Feb. 24, a poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 16 percent of Americans believe the central tenets of the QAnon…
Facial Recognition as a Less-Bad Option
This essay defends the police use of facial recognition technology to identify suspects in crime footage or to locate individuals with outstanding warrants. I will…