…nels for public debate, and yet they are now rarely seen as an out-and-out benefit to democracy. Rather, they are more likely to be seen as transmitting fake news, conspiracy theories and hate. Fears are also growing that private tech companies are exercising too much power over – and with – social media, and are quashing awkward voices. Unfettered information has become an agent of polarization. Read the full article and see the integration of ou…

…ata-driven, making data ethical considerations more important than ever. In 2019, @Birgitte Arent Eiriksson stated that the authorities were at odds with the European Convention on Human Rights. Although control “may be considered legitimate, there is much to suggest that data processing – and in particular data linkages – exceed the limits of compliance with the proportionality requirement.” A limit that, according to @Wired, has only been furthe…

…an, who is expected by many to announce his candidacy for president in the coming weeks or months. DeSantis’s call to make it easier to sue the media for `false information’” is part of a larger Republican revolt against the 1964 Supreme Court New York Times v. Sullivan decision, which sets a very high bar for when public figures and officials can successfully sue for defamation. “But there is every reason to think that overturning Sullivan would…

…ce my faith, to hand out Korans in the street if I want to. And no one can come after me’.” Mchangama says his free speech views are rooted in the “Cartoon controversy” that originated in Denmark in 2005. “I’m very much a child of the cartoon crisis,” Mchangama told me. In the “cartoon crisis,” a Danish newspaper standing for free speech defied Islam’s ban against depicting its prophet Mohamed. That set off a global wave of deadly attacks by Musli…