Where walls once stood I walk, I walk with purpose past near-broken homes, edges sharp with resentment, nothing but words holding them ever so tenuously together. I move through invisible structures of concrete to my home, a home once inhabited by a resistor or a poet or more likely a poor family, asleep in my […]
These are, roughly, my remarks presented on a panel discussion of content governance at the Humboldt Institute, on October 10, 2014. Who are the private actors involved in Internet governance? Internet service providers, software companies, content providers. I’m going to focus primarily on the latter, because of the impact I believe that they have on […]
As you know if you’ve ever read this blog, Facebook has a serious problem with users abusing its reporting mechanisms, particularly when it comes to the “real name” policy. After a recent incident (well-documented by many) involving LGBT performers, the company has finally responded. But the response, of course, is weak. Here’s a response from […]