Tag philip n. howard

June 18, 2020
in Political Science, Technology

Five Ways to Protect Democracy from Misinformation Online

June 18, 2020
in Political Science, Technology

Philip N. Howard— We need mandatory reporting on the ultimate beneficiaries of data. Citizens should easily be able to see which organizations are receiving and manipulating personal data. Social media companies should be able to report back to users on which advertisers, data-mining firms, and political consulting firms have made

July 12, 2017
in Business, Current Affairs, Economics, Law, Political Science, Social Science, Technology

Net Neutrality and The Internet of Things

July 12, 2017
in Business, Current Affairs, Economics, Law, Political Science, Social Science, Technology

Philip N. Howard— The internet of things will help bring structure to global politics, but we must work for a structure we want. This is a challenging project, but if we don’t take it on our political lives will become fully structured by algorithms we don’t understand, data flows we