Conspiracy theories do not inculcate powerlessness, so much as they are the signs and symptoms of powerlessness itself. In my work for the United States National Security Agency, I was involved with establishing a Top-Secret […]
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Italy’s Failed Digital Democracy Dream
The Five Star Movement’s row with its voting platform bodes ill for the future of online politics. The Five Star Movement (5SM), wanted to upend Italian politics with its revolutionary plans for digital direct democracy. […]
The Antitrust Revolution Finds its Leader
With Lina Khan as chair, the FTC may have an anti-monopoly majority for the first Time in a generation. And Wall Street is nervous. What is fascinating about the nomination and confirmation of Khan is […]
Telegram Billionaire’s Dark Empire
Telegram isn’t just a WhatsApp with different roots. The service touts itself as a platform that is beyond the reach of states and authorities. This attracts conspiracy theorists, like Germany’s “Querdenker” movement, right-wing extremists, drug […]
The Ethics of Editing Humans
The scientist who co-discovered Crispr does not appear to be weighed down by the burden of her creation: the revolutionary gene-editing technology that promises to empower humans to control our own genome. Crispr is now […]
The Deep Mind Dominic Cummings Turned To
Demis Hassabis is an unusual figure for Dominic Cummings to have turned to for guidance in March 2020 about the threat of the novel coronavirus bearing down on the UK. “Demis was one of several […]
Colonial Hacker Group Seeks to Shift Blame
The FBI attributed the massive Colonial Pipeline breach to ransomware created by a relatively new gang called DarkSide. In its own statement, the DarkSide group hinted that an affiliate may have been behind the attack […]
Biden’s $100 Billion Broadband Plan
President Biden says he wants every American to have access to high-speed internet through his $100 billion broadband plan. But industry heavyweights worry his initiatives will leave them out of critical federal funding. President Joe […]
Privacy Concerns about Facebook’s VR Wristband
Facebook says its system will be able to adapt to the individual behaviours of its users by using machine learning to predict their likes, dislikes and other interests, in real time. ProPrivacy digital expert Ray […]