Can the Global South Build a New World Information Communication Order?
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries is able to set the record on matters around the…
Big Tech: Not Only Market but Also Knowledge and Information Gatekeepers
How do we regulate an information utility?
The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People
Data collection is a scourge for every internet user, regardless of age. The law requires platforms to ban the potentially infinite category of “other matters that pose a risk to…
Peter B. Kaufman and Chris Hedges on the Fight to Free Knowledge
On this week’s “On Contact,” Chris Hedges discusses censorship and new digital media with Peter B. Kaufman, author and Program Manager at MIT Learning Center. The rise of new digital…