Dr. AJ Escoffery organized the Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop for leaders in academia, organizing, and storytelling to interrogate whether social media can empower cultural solidarity. The ...

"Governments must grapple with artificial intelligence (AI) and not simply consign its development and application to corporate entities," argue Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders in The Contrarian.

Faculty Associate Aymar Jean Escoffery and coauthor Elijah McKinnon celebrate the publication of Beyond the Screen, a photo-forward book reflecting "on the bold, foundational pillars that have helped ...

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier liken rapid AI development to the social media boom of the past two decades.

"Epistemicide—the killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing of a knowledge system—occurs when epistemic injustices become persistent and systematic, operating collectively as a structured ...

Affiliates Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier suggest that, though the technology undoubtedly has its risks, AI presents opportunities "to make democracy better, stronger, and more responsive to people ...

Myojung Chung remarks on a recent study that complicates her previous work on young adults' algorithmic literacy.

In Nature, Dariusz Jemielniak satirizes academics' hyperfixation on metrics with his j-index: the quotient of the (literal) weight of an author's works and their time-since-PhD.

In a new paper for The International Journal of Press/Politics, Greg Gondwe studies the role of encrypted messaging apps (primarily WhatsApp) in spreading disinformation during South Africa's 2024 ...

Faculty Associate Kate Klonick and Alan Rozenshtein talk to Columbia law professor Tim Wu about Wu's new book, The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future ...

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders look to examples from around the globe to anticipate how the 2026 midterm elections might be shaped by AI. In order for the upcoming elections to be truly different ...