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Facebook Knows Its Reckoning Is at Hand—and It Isn’t Ready
Facebook’s fundamental issues are as numerous as they are well-known. Posts on the platform played a key role in the January 6 Capitol...
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Dec 14, 20217 min read


Deplatforming Authoritarians is Good; Preventing their Rise to Power is Better.
“By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent,” wrote Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to the public in 2012....
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Apr 15, 20215 min read


The Gatekeepers to Online Discourse: An Interview with Daphne Keller ’95
Daphne Keller ’95 is a law professor at Stanford University and is the director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber...
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Jan 20, 202110 min read


Facebook’s crypto venture
“We’re going to change the world”, claimed Facebook executive David Marcus last May when Facebook announced plans to launch its own...
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Nov 13, 20194 min read


Trial and Update: Lessons from Facebook’s Global Initiatives
With weekly notifications about how Facebook has failed to protect consumers due to its pursuit of profits, the focus on regulating...
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Jan 6, 20194 min read


In Praise of Subtle Asian Traits
The name “subtle asian traits” might come across as modest or unassuming, but the Facebook meme group with that name is anything but...
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Dec 6, 20189 min read


Facebook Needs Critical Theory
In February 2017, Facebook changed its mission statement from “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and...
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Jul 10, 20185 min read


Crunch Time: Constructing a Nation-wide Health Database
Data science has recently matured into an industry-changing discipline, driven by exponentially growing computing power, data, and wildly...
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Mar 17, 20185 min read


Facebook Under Fire: Fake News in the Age of Social Media
In the aftermath of the recent, logic-defying presidential election, many commentators sought to rationalize one of the most surprising...
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Dec 17, 20165 min read


Poke War: Facebook’s Diplomats in Thailand
Help wanted: Facebook is seeking a Head of Public Policy in Bangkok, Thailand. Responsibilities include monitoring Thai politics, working...
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Dec 1, 20166 min read


Terrorism Beyond the Limelight
On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack...
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Apr 19, 20165 min read


Facebook’s Free Basics: The Trade-off Between Digital Equality and Net Neutrality
Upon its inception, Facebook instantly took America by storm — sweeping across college campuses, captivating the youth demographic, and,...
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Mar 8, 20165 min read


Web of Lies: Tech and Their Political Donations
Earlier this year, Google announced it would be pulling its membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read
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