Online gendered and sexualized abuse and disinformation against women in public life is widespread, and social media platforms are doing too little to stop it, finds a landmark study by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Moonshot CVE, with support from the Oxford…
Internet / Information When the first Harry Potter book appeared, in 1997, it was just a year before the universal search engine Google was launched. And so Hermione Granger, that charming grind, still goes to the Hogwarts library and spends…
1999 / Internet Every few days, tens of thousands of people on Instagram join a virtual dance party hosted by DJ D-Nice. The blowout live-stram events, branded under the name Club Quarantine, have attracted celebrities from all corners of internet,…
Internet / Fragile How could a small internet service provider (ISP) in Pennsylvania cause millions of websites worldwide to go offline? That’s what happened on June 24, 2019 when users across the world were left unable to access a large fraction of…
Internet / Devices It seems that every five years, news emerges that the digital sky is falling in. Back in 2010 and 2015, rumors spread that the internet would soon run out of IP addresses. Now, the regulator of Europe’s internet domains has predicted that…
Haters / likes "Ojalá que toda tu familia se muera de cáncer". "Gorda cuatro ojos con ese vestido parecés un matambre". "Me cago en vos y todo tu linaje de retardados mentales". Esos comentarios hirientes y arbitrarios que se ven en diferentes…
Internet / Países A conectividade está mudando a cultura em todo o mundo e, em muitos países, a internet já é parte integral do dia-a-dia. Internet de alta velocidade, acessibilidade móvel e pagamentos sem papel-moeda impulsionam cada vez mais a…
Longing / Internet Cleanse The two most recent times I saw my friend Makoto Fujimura, he put a Kintsugi bowl in my hands. These ceramic bowls were 300 to 400 years old. But what made them special was that somewhere along…
Consumidores / Internet Durante anos, marqueteiros e empresas de tecnologia invadiram cada vez mais nossos lares e hábitos, argumentando que tudo faria parte de uma troca voluntária. De acordo com esse raciocínio, quanto mais eles souberem a nosso respeito, melhores…
Jovens / Notícias Uma nova pesquisa do Pew Research Center descobriu que jovens de 8 países da Europa Ocidental confiam menos na mídia tradicional do que seus conterrâneos mais velhos. Pessoas com menos de 30 anos também têm muito mais…
