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How and why is children’s digital data being harvested?
It’s time to refocus on our responsibilities to children before they are eclipsed by the commercial…
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Has Internet policy had any effect on Internet penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa?
It is important for policymakers to ask how policy can bridge economic inequality. But does…
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We aren’t “rational actors” when it comes to privacy—and we need protecting
The popularity of technologies and services that reveal insights about our daily lives paints a…
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How do we encourage greater public inclusion in Internet governance debates?
The Internet is neither purely public nor private, but combines public and private networks, platforms,…
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We should look to automation to relieve the current pressures on healthcare
Automation may address these pressures in primary care, while also reconfiguring the work of staff…
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Should citizens be allowed to vote on public budgets?
Considered to be a successful example of empowered democratic governance, participatory budgeting has spread among…
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Can universal basic income counter the ill-effects of the gig economy?
– in EconomicsBasic income is an interesting solution for the gig economy, because it addresses its problems…
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Governments Want Citizens to Transact Online: And This Is How to Nudge Them There
Peter John and Toby Blume design and report a randomised control trial that encouraged users…
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Did you consider Twitter’s (lack of) representativeness before doing that predictive study?
Do Twitter users share identical characteristics with the population interest? For what populations are Twitter…
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Exploring the world of self-tracking: who wants our data and why?
What happens when we turn our everyday experience—in particular, health and wellness-related experience—into data?
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Why we shouldn’t believe the hype about the Internet “creating” development
– in DevelopmentDespite the vigour of such claims, there is actually a lack of academic consensus about…
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Internet Filtering: And Why It Doesn’t Really Help Protect Teens
– in InterviewsStriking the right balance between protecting adolescents and respecting their rights to freedom of expression…