Ethan tackles the question of trust in cryptocurrency, as well as the question of why Europe just doesn’t care as much about Bitcoin.
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Prospect (UK): Can Russia really disconnect from the rest of the digital world?
Ethan addresses the long-standing idea that Russian can create its own so-called splinternet, potentially with the goal of limiting citizens’ access to information that would foster dissent against military actions in Ukraine.
Prospect (UK): “War as mediated catastrophe”
Ethan writes about the role of social media and Russian propaganda in the Ukranian invasion.
We Love Music, So Why Is Joe Rogan Getting Rich?
We’re Doing What We Love So Joe Rogan Can Get Paid Seven Figures Say the N-Word, Denigrate Trans People, and Undermine Vaccines
Prospect (UK): “How Wikipedia Gets to Define What’s True Online”
Ethan Zuckerman talks about what Wikipedia gets right, and references recent Reimagining the Internet guest Heather Ford.
Prospect (UK): “How to Fix the Internet”
Ethan Zuckerman kicks off his editorial series for the new British magazine Prospect with an intro to digital public infrastructure.
The Atlantic: “Facebook Is Hiding the Most Important Misinformation Data”
Ethan Zuckerman published this article in The Atlantic and The Conversation on November 3rd, 2021. “Billions of people have apparently encountered vaccine lies on the platform, but that number means nothing without a denominator.”
The Atlantic: “Hey Facebook, I Made a Metaverse 27 Years Ago”
This article by Ethan Zuckerman was published in the Atlantic on October 29th, 2021.
The Atlantic: “Facebook Cares About Your Privacy — But Only If You’re an Advertiser”
This article by Ethan Zuckerman was published in the Atlantic on August 26, 2021. Per their website: “The social giant kicked off researchers studying how political ads can encourage targeted voter suppression, leaving citizens with little insight into how they’re manipulated on the platform.”
An Illustrated Field Guide to Social Media
Ethan Zuckerman and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci published the ebook An Illustrated Field Guide to Social Media with original artwork by Fiammetta Ghedini.
he book is adapted from the Mapping Social Media” series of blog posts written by Ethan and Chand for the Knight Foundation, documenting the wide variety of ways social media is put together on the Internet.