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Will the U.S. get an Internet “Kill Switch”?

Mar 4, 2011

In the past month we’ve seen two countries try to “turn off” the Internet. On January 27, in Egypt, which had previously known few restrictions on Internet access (though, to be sure, intimidation of bloggers and activists was common), nearly all ISPs stopped delivering bits to their subscribers, even though data transiting Egypt from the […]

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Wikileaks FAQ

Dec 7, 2010

I just finished recording a podcast with Larry Lessig and the Berkman fellows about Wikileaks.  It should be online within a day or two.  In the meantime, we’ve been trying to simply nail down some of the facts surrounding the situation.  We figured we’d share what we’ve gathered so far as a FAQ, and we’ll […]

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Systems for managing book reseach chaos

Oct 18, 2010

JZ asked for suggestions of good note-managing systems, and here’s what y’all said: “Scrivener on Mac is awesome.” “Zotero add-on for Firefox. Free and syncs across computers.” “Try Devon Agent + Devon Note for research and Avenir for writing.” “Tiddlywiki is the way to go.It is simple, versatile, portable, platform independent and very effective.” “If […]

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Speaking of algorithmic bias, autocorrect is convinced I wanted to talk about algorithmic boas instead. (Thanks for the artisanal uncorrection, @mdaviswilson!)

About 10 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

A terrific short essay about computer-driven algorithmic boas vs. “artisanal” human bias, by a scholar who’s done pathbreaking work revealing both. I don’t agree with the conclusion that tech-embedded bias is more tractable, but this well anchors the tech-optimist view. twitter.com/m_sendhil/stat…

About 10 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@lauraolin Thanks for all the effort that goes into making those dispatches sing!

Yesterday from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@paulkrugman Same as, say, the phishing emails “from” XYZ Bank, hoping to reach at least some people who happen to have accounts at XYZ Bank. When such people click and “log in,” they are giving their credentials to the scammer.

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@lauraolin or @clairewaves's exquisitely curated roundups, tinyletter.com/clairest/archi….

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter Web App



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