In the wake of last week’s leaked Supreme Court opinion draft about the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, a lot of advice circulated online telling people to delete their […]
E-Carceration, A New Form of Imprisonment
“That’s what prison is about—it’s about tapping into the meager resources of the poorest and most oppressed sector of the population and making them pay to incarcerate themselves.” Today on […]
The Internet is Becoming Gentrified
“The internet is increasingly making us less democratic, more isolated, and more beholden to corporations,” writes communications professor Jessa Lingel in her new book, The Gentrification of the Internet. Today […]
The Present and Future of Surveillance
“The degree to which we are surveilled, the persistence with which we are surveilled, and the variety of ways in which we are surveilled has exploded in the last decade,” […]
A nationwide look at facial surveillance technology: how does Madison ...
At its meeting last night, the Madison Common Council approved new restrictions on facial surveillance technology by city departments. The ban will allow the Madison Police Department to contintue using […]
Cell Phone Tracking and The Privacy Project
“Every minute of every day, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies—largely unregulated, little scrutinized—are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones and storing the […]
