So, I wrote about the TikTok ban for the The Globe and Mail. Op-Ed is online and in today's print edition.
I argue the ban is dead for a few reasons, but mostly because its' design failed to account for the new era that Trump's admin represents: persistent merger and weaponization of tech and state power: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-tiktok-ban-is-already-dead-in-the-water/
I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of #Twitter from their Boulder, Colorado office.
The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...
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Very excited to announce that we have 4 new vacancies (3 PhDs & 1 postdoc) at IViR in Amsterdam in my new research group on law and governance of quantum technologies, focusing on questions related to law and digital infrastructure.
PhD - Governance of Access to (Quantum) Computing;
PhD - (Quantum) Data Governance and the Law of Sensing and Measurement;
PhD - Law and Innovation in Quantum Technologies;
Postdoc - Constructing the Field of Quantum Technology
https://www.ivir.nl/law-and-governance-of-quantum-technologies/
We are pleased to announce that @[email protected] , an expert on market regulation, data and antitrust law, will join the @[email protected] community on July 15, 2023, as assistant professor of law and computer science. #NUSLPride https://law.northeastern.edu/elettra-bietti-professor-of-law-and-computer-science/
Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Elettra Bietti, an expert on market regulation, data and antitrust law as they play out in the digital economy, will join the Northeastern University community on July 1, 2023, as assistant professor of law and computer science within the School of Law and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences.
TOMORROW at 3PM ET: Join @[email protected] Fellow @[email protected] for a talk on hate and harassment in health communication and journalism.
https://citap.unc.edu/event-elizabeth-dubois/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BKCHarvard/status/1615782448838623244
When hate and harassment are just a part of the job: Journalists and health communicators online Thursday, January 19 at 3:00pm in the Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall For many political journalists and health communicators, exposing themselves to hate, … Continued
via @[email protected]—yes indeed. There are no tricks to wealth. Let’s bid magical thinking about technologies and see them for what they really are and what we all really need to do to make the world better. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/opinion/the-crypto-collapse-magical-thinking-capitalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/daniellecitron/status/1615350248888586240
Come be a part of this incredible community.
Interested in joining @[email protected] and researching Internet & society issues? Apply to be a Fellow today! Applications close Jan. 9.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2324Fellows
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BKCHarvard/status/1604846513942691846
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