Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing

Reforming the Law of Reputation

Listings displayed by search engines can influence key decision-makers such as employers, creditors, and insurers. The “right to be forgotten” can help individuals remove troubling information from search results.

Ideology and Online News

Online, we have access to many news sites, but can choose which sites we visit. This might create an “echo chamber,” as people choose sites that confirm existing bias. However, Internet users tend to visit centrist sites as well as extreme sites.

Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age

Values like privacy and free speech must keep pace with the digital age. Surveillance of thinking, reading, and communications threatens free speech. Rules to protect intellectual privacy would support free speech.

The Effect of Content on Global Internet Adoption and the Global “Digital Divide”

This article demonstrates that the availability of content is an important factor in Internet adoption.

Four Privacy Myths

Some commentators claim that privacy is a thing of the past. However, privacy is more important than ever, because of new information technologies and surveillance. Privacy is best defined as a system of rules for enabling people to manage personal information.

Managing Innovation in a Crowd

Crowdsourcing entails calling on the public to work on tasks. Ideally, low-skill workers try the task first, with high-skill workers trying the task only when low-skill workers fail. Workers self-select into this hierarchy if rewards increases each time a worker fails to complete a task.

It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

Teens relate to technology differently than previous generations. Most teens use social networks mainly to maintain contact with friends. Adults often misunderstand teen behavior online. Teens vary widely in their understanding of technology.

Data Supply Chains: The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data”

The movement of data between actors and organizations creates data supply chains. This paper raises key questions about the combination of commercial data with public records to profile consumers. The ownership of this data is often unclear.

More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosure

Mandated Disclosure is a common regulatory strategy. However, mandated disclosures do not help people make better decisions. Many people do not read or cannot understand these disclosures. Simplifying disclosures does not help.

The Dangers of Surveillance

Courts dismiss cases in which someone complains of surveillance, stating that observation alone is not harmful. Surveillance discourages individuals from sharing ideas and exposes them to risks like profiling. “Intellectual privacy” is crucial to foster civil liberties.