Americans support DEI – for now, at least Michael Tesler - January 8, 2024 In 2023, polling consistently showed strong support for diversity, equity, and inclusion. That could change in 2024.
Rich people who own newspapers can shift elections. Israel shows how. Nikita Lalwani - December 5, 2022 Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper moved Israeli voters to the right. Could a similar newspaper shift votes in a U.S. swing state?
Do Twitter users want Musk to censure or ban offensive or threatening posts? Yannis Theocharis, Spyros Kosmidis, Jan Zilinsky, and Franziska Pradel - December 1, 2022 That depends on which group the tweets are attacking, our research suggests
Musk is wrecking speech moderation on Twitter. There’s an alternative. Henry Farrell - November 12, 2022 Twitter alternative Mastodon moderates speech not through banning, but shunning across a broader ‘Fediverse’ of services.
Government Issue, ‘Massacre’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - November 4, 2022 Mass layoffs begin at Twitter
When Twitter suspends users, their views get more extreme Tamar Mitts and Jack Snyder - June 15, 2022 A new Texas law seeks to make it harder to “deplatform” users
How will Elon Musk change social media? Deana A. Rohlinger - May 8, 2022 Hand-wringing over what Musk might do assumes Twitter has helped slow the spread of disinformation. Our research finds otherwise.
The Replacements, ‘I Bought a Headache’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - April 29, 2022 Elon Musk buys Twitter.
Satellites make it harder for countries to launch surprise attacks. That’s in Ukraine’s favor. Erik Gartzke and Bryan Early - January 14, 2022 But seeing what’s happening on the ground doesn’t help explain Russia’s motives
Companies are commercializing outer space. Do government programs still matter? Svetla Ben-Itzhak - January 10, 2022 For now, national governments control the rules — and much of the funding
Elon Musk got millions in tax breaks to put a plant in Austin. Here’s why laws don’t stop these secret deals. Nathan M. Jensen and Calvin Thrall - August 6, 2020 Many officials may be simply ignoring them.
Last week’s Twitter hack could have been much, much worse Heather Williams - July 21, 2020 Governments need to prepare for hackers trying to start a war — leading to escalation by tweet
Jeff Bezos’s new plans for space have stirred up old fights in science fiction Henry Farrell - May 10, 2019 Is planet Earth all that we have, or do we need to go to the stars?
Detroit and Flint keep relying on private money to solve public problems. Why? Sarah Reckhow, Joshua Sapotichne, and Davia Downey - November 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80613" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A student holds a cup for
Are you safer in a Tesla on autopilot, as Elon Musk says? Let’s do the math. Mark Palko - October 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_47463" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A driver rides hands-free in a