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This site has been archived and will not be updated further. Jonathan Zittrain’s new personal website is accessible at https://blogs.harvard.edu/jzwrites/

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Future of the Internet Blog

  • A novel way of defending against mass uses of our data
    • AI is getting better at performing mass categorization of photos and text. A developer can scrape a bunch of photos from, say, Facebook -- either directly, likely violating the terms of service, or through offering an app by which people ...
  • Should the director of OPM be fired over its massive data breach?
    • I participate in a regular poll by the Christian Science Monitor on Internet policy topics.  This week's question was about the recent data breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management: As you can see, most people said yes.  I count myself ...

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A textured, enlightening account from Will Oremus about how Pinterest has worked to mitigate some of the most difficult hazards in the minefield of making algorithmic recommendations, including reinforcing disinformation. (Though a particular gender selection = “coffin nails”?) twitter.com/willoremus/sta…

About 3 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

What should we call the opposite of phishing? twitter.com/Timcammm/statu…

About 4 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@rlazarus Congrats to you - and to WM!

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@Comparativist @timcook @hkmaplive @maryhui Thanks so much

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@Comparativist @timcook Have there been attempts to sow disinformation in the map, since as I understand it anyone can contribute? If so, how is that mitigated?

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