The Failure of FERPA – Inside Higher Ed
A billboard truck trolled public streets around Harvard University, broadcasting the names and faces of students who signed an open… read more
KOSA: Protecting Kids or Policing Speech? Catalyst
Although the authors of KOSA insist that the bill does not target speech but conduct, enforcement will clearly target expression… read more
PI’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education’s report on academic freedom – Privacy International
At PI we have been observing with concern the rapid expansion of technologies in educational settings, which has included a… read more
What if all along we’ve been wrong about tinfoil hats [poem] – David Clewell
so instead of rendering the wearer impervious to government-sanctioned mind manipulation or any other mental interference whatsoever—thereby allowing us to… read more
We Tested AI Censorship: Here’s What Chatbots Won’t Tell You – Gizmodo
Gizmodo asked five of the leading AI chatbots a series of 20 controversial prompts and found patterns that suggest widespread… read more
Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban restrict work – Context
Now Hayat creates about 30 videos a month – on topics from cooking, fashion and make-up, to skits with her… read more
AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda – Wired
When OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Anthropic made their chatbots available around the world last year, millions of people initially used… read more
AI’s Spicy-Mayo Problem – The Atlantic
At this stage, the AI is “aligned” with AI safety principles, typically by being fed instructions on how to refuse… read more
Tech platforms are suffocating opposition media – Rest of World
“Our traffic was growing quickly after the full-scale invasion started,” Dobrokhotov told me. “Millions of Russian people wanted to learn… read more
They wanted careers in tech. They’re stuck as TikTok moderators – Rest of World
Through LinkedIn, Asif landed a job as a content moderator at Bigo Live. “I didn’t think much of it at… read more