Technology

15 December 2020

A Virtual Christmas Story

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my mouse—the masks were hung on the curbside with care, in hopes that…

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Social

23 July 2020

Anti-Maskers, QAnon, and the Problem with Digital Trust

At anti-mask demonstrations across North America, protestors are proclaiming that wearing a mask has nothing to do with health and everything to do with “acclimatizing the sheeple to a muzzle.”…

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Identity

25 June 2020

Are contact tracing apps a time bomb for civil liberties violations?

You didn’t install it. Apple and Google did it for you. According to the BBC, COVID-19 contact tracing is now baked into iOS and Android operating systems. This new functionality alerts…

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Decentralization

28 May 2020

Necessity is the Mother of Intention

Long before COVID-19, we were talking about how decentralization could change the world and solve pressing issues like access to healthcare, climate change, and banking the unbankable. How decentralization could…

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Technology

6 May 2020

Different is the new Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 250,000 people (worldwide) and taken us to the brink of economic ruin but that does not mean that we should give up on civil…

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Social

22 April 2020

Social Platforms During (and After) COVID-19

Whether it’s a Zoom conference screenshot, homeschooling your kids, baking bread, or making TikToks— the one thing that is certain, in these uncertain times, is that people are sharing everything…

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Social

12 March 2020

How to fight coronavirus misinformation on social media

Social media is in a panic right now. As of this writing, four of the five most trending topics on Twitter have to do with coronavirus. Within the past 24…

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