filmicweb.org
In this read-worthy flaming letter, Joscha Jaeger responds to a claim by Facebook’s director of design Jon Lax that “the web is dying” and highlights how this framing is that of a big corporation who merely sees the web as delivery platform […]
solid.mit.edu
Solid is an exciting new project led by Prof. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, taking place at MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute. The project aims to radically change the way Web applications work today, resulting in […]
Reposting a Tweet by Luis Frias
twitter.com
A well formulated call-to-action in defence of the freedom of the web: http://filmicweb.org/open-web/ikeaisation-of-the-web/ “Learn, teach, advocate” says @OpenHypervideo
A Visual Guide to Practical Data De-Identification
fpf.org
What do scientists, regulators and lawyers mean when they talk about de-identification? How does anonymous data differ from pseudonymous or de-identified information? Data identifiability is not binary. Data lies on a spectrum with multiple […]
A lawyer rewrote Instagram's terms of service for kids
qz.com
There is a lot of interesting analysis and recommendation in the “Growing up digital” report from the UK’s Children’s Commissioner referenced in this article - and the simplified terms and conditions (that nobody ever reads) are only […]
Duped by the Automated Public Sphere
discoversociety.org
In this article, professor of law at the University of Maryland Frank Pasquale, makes the case for why automated generation of “news content” is so dangerous to our societies. Yet, this is not only about automation, but also about […]