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A novel way of defending against mass uses of our data

April 6th, 2018  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  Comments Off on 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 consent to the access — and then use a well-trained categorizer to automatically discern ethnicity, […]

Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan (Transcript)

January 19th, 2015  |  by Benjamin Sobel  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  Comments Off on Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan (Transcript)

Jonathan Zittrain: This is Jonathan Zittrain speaking. I’m on the line, wherever that is, with one Eric Kaplan, author of “Does Santa Exist? A Philosophical Investigation,” a book that I had the pleasure of reading and that Eric had the burden of writing—and we thought we would talk about it for a little bit. So, […]

Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan

December 26th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  Comments Off on Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan

Eric Kaplan is a writer and producer of the Big Bang Theory. He’s also a student and teacher of philosophy. Put the two together and you get Does Santa Exist?, an exploration of metaphysics, life, and ethics, from the point of view of a dangerously smart comedian. Eric and I recorded a conversation about his book, below.  (Spoiler non-alert: […]

Everything you should know about … warrant canaries

December 8th, 2014  |  by ngilens  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  1 Comment

  Guest post by Naomi Gilens, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School [I’m pleased to feature on the blog some of the best work undertaken by HLS students on Internet-related topics. –JZ] In 2002, the FBI used the newly-passed Patriot Act to demand that libraries secretly turn over records of patrons’ reading materials and Internet use. The […]

Why Libraries Matter

September 10th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  Comments Off on Why Libraries Matter

I’ve written up a piece on Medium on why libraries matter — you can find it here: Vital parts of the Web are censored, poisoned, and lost amidst truthiness. Libraries are our unusual defense. With thanks to Knight Foundation for its new Library Challenge.

Righting the right to be forgotten

July 14th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  8 Comments

The F-T just published a piece I wrote about the implementation of the right to be forgotten in Europe.  Here is a draft from which the op-ed was drawn: Last week Google formally launched a blue-ribbon committee of advisors to help it implement the European Court of Justice’s new “right to be forgotten.” Its work is cut out […]

Time capsule crypto can help us commit our secrets to history

June 9th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  1 Comment

More than a decade ago, researchers at Boston College interviewed people from both sides of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, promising each contributor to the “Belfast Project” that his or her interview recording wouldn’t be released until the contributor died. In the meantime, the tapes would be deposited at the College’s rare books library under […]

The ten things that define you

May 15th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  2 Comments

I’ve written an op-ed for the New York Times about the European Court of Justice’s ruling finding a “right to be forgotten.” After that and my initial blog post in reaction to the court’s ruling, I wanted to share some further thoughts on this fascinating and potentially far-reaching development. First, a refresher on the facts: A […]

Is the EU compelling Google to become about.me?

May 13th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  17 Comments

Today the EU’s highest court interpreted the EU’s 1995 Data Protection Directive to mean that individuals should have a shot at insisting that Google and other search engines remove certain search results found upon a search for their names, not because they are false, or infringe copyright, but because they violate a “respect for private life” […]

Reconciling lifestreaming and privacy: tech-facilitated negotiations

January 27th, 2014  |  by z  |  published in Future of the Internet  |  5 Comments

I’ve long thought that, as tough as privacy against government intrusion and corporate surveillance are, the most novel and complex privacy challenges will be peer-to-peer. With gov’t and corporate privacy issues, the players to be affected are more known and manageable, and impinging on their freedom to collect on us — or report what they […]

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

@restoreorderusa @AlecMacGillis I mean, points 2 and 3 don’t even make any sense! How would anyone know if a cited article has been read, and by whom? Did they survey readers and ask them? And does it add up that 50% of all articles (whether cited or not) aren’t read, while *80%* of cited articles aren’t read? pic.twitter.com/876e4vfdJ0

Last month from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@restoreorderusa @AlecMacGillis I guess it’s fitting that the eye-opening statistics here are sourced to a news article that in turn cites to a non-peer-reviewed op-ed that in turn cites to … nothing, with no methodology for how these numbers are arrived at. Truly no real basis (so far) to believe them.

Last month from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@byrdinator @MattGlassman312 Fascinating. Would these amendments be entertained before or after any conferencing with the Senate to reconcile differences? If after, there’s danger of infinite amendment loops. If not, won’t the few members in conference get the last word before a final up-or-down vote?

About a month ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@bendreyfuss It does happen every so often. This incident was so brazen that Congress later reversed the provision. The staffer who quietly put the amendment in is now the CEO of the RIAA. salon.com/2000/08/28/wor… pic.twitter.com/mAW3InOECq

About a month ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone



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