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  • Movements, Organizing, Tech Culture

    Book Review: New Power and the Dynamics of Digital Change

    If you are looking for a fresh and comprehensive analysis of how the Digital Age is transforming the civic arena, get yourself a copy of New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms’ new book, which is being released today. It’s based on their 2014 article in the Harvard Business Review,...

    By: Micah L. Sifry Apr 3, 2018
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  • Labor, Movements, Organizing, Tech Culture

    A Year of Tech Solidarity

    Since Trump's election, tech workers have shown unprecedented interest in political organizing—maybe even unionizing—but as efforts like Tech Solidarity show, it's going to take a while to see real impact.

    By: Jessica McKenzie Nov 14, 2017
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  • Algorithms, Tech Culture

    How Meetup Counters Algorithmic Sexism

    Algorithms can easily reflect societal inequalities, but at least one company is trying to build a fair recommendation system.

    By: Jessica McKenzie Oct 6, 2017
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  • Civic Engagement, Social Media, Tech Culture

    I Wish I Knew How to Quit You, Facebook

    Could YOU quit?

    By: Micah L. Sifry Sep 26, 2017
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  • Women hold resist sign on the steps of San Francisco City Hall
    #PDF17, Organizing, Tech Culture

    Tech Surge: Silicon Valley Mobilizing

    Silicon Valley underwent a political awakening in 2017. Catherine Bracy and Derecka Mehrens are harnessing the political moment to engage tech workers and service workers in the fight for a more equal Bay Area.

    By: Angel Quicksey Jun 16, 2017
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  • Civic Tech, Tech Culture, Transparency

    Time for Transparent Algorithms in Civic Technologies

    Facebook strengthens our filter bubbles. So does Twitter. So does cable news. This has serious civic consequences. All three of these organizations are civic technologies regardless of whether they put profit or public interest first. The algorithms and business priorities of private institutions have shaped our civic reality and will...

    By: Ben Berkowitz Dec 13, 2016
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  • Algorithms, Design, Social Media, Tech Culture

    Defined by the Filter Bubble

    Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and other social media giants will be remembered, not by their business successes, but by how well they tackle the problem of the filter bubble.

    By: Tom Steinberg Jun 27, 2016
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  • Algorithms, Social Media, Tech Culture

    Who Killed the Hyperlink?

    There is a story in the Quran about a group of Christians who escaped persecution by taking refuge in a cave. There they fell into a very long sleep which they thought only lasted a day or two. But it actually had lasted for centuries. When they woke they were...

    By: Hossein Derakhshan Jun 9, 2016
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  • Tech Culture

    The Rise of the Internet ‘Mitigators’

    After all, who would march under the banner ‘On the one hand, X, on the other hand, maybe not X’?

    By: Tom Steinberg May 16, 2016
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  • Commons, Social Media, Tech Culture

    Why We Need to Take Back the Internet from the Centralizers

    In a world where digital technology reigns supreme, freedom of speech should not depend on the whims of a few powerful corporations and government rules. Increasingly, it does. A delegation of right-wing activists will travel this week to Silicon Valley. They will be supplicants at the throne of Facebook, a...

    By: Dan Gillmor May 16, 2016
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