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Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan (Transcript)

Jan 19, 2015

Jonathan Zittrain: This is Jonathan Zittrain speaking. I’m on the line, wherever that is, with one Eric Kaplan, author of “Does Santa Exist? A Philosophical Investigation,” a book that I had the pleasure of reading and that Eric had the burden of writing—and we thought we would talk about it for a little bit. So, […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 4: Concluding Thoughts)

May 31, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 3: (Un)supervised Algorithms)

May 29, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 2: the Extension of Branding)

May 27, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 1: A/B Testing)

May 22, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for […]

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The Future of the Internet: Five Years Later

Apr 1, 2013

In 2008, The Future of the Internet called attention to a “sea change” in the way consumer devices interact with the Internet. “The future is not one of generative PCs attached to a generative network,” the book warns; “it is instead one of sterile appliances tethered to a network of control.” In response to the […]

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@BostonJoan @sarahdrinkwater @Dom_Hallas @ubiquity75 @LibraryLaw @ALALibrary @mnylc Makes sense. And thank you for that talk to the Assembly program!

About 2 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@sarahdrinkwater @Dom_Hallas @BostonJoan @ubiquity75 One (admittedly out of the box) idea re schools and libraries and content moderation here at 48:44, previously prototyped with @LibraryLaw and @ALALibrary. I’d be curious to know reactions! youtu.be/ONvw15HQkgA

About 3 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@sarahdrinkwater @Dom_Hallas @BostonJoan @ubiquity75 Let’s talk!

About 3 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

“While billed by the White House as ‘definitive,’ the report included no scholarly footnotes or citations, nor was it clear who its primary authors were.” A droll kicker to this story by @michaelcrowley and @jennyschuessler about the “1776 Report.” nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…

About 10 hours ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

A vicious anonymous letter to MLK in 1964 was later verified by Senate investigators as sent by the FBI. This 2014 article by historian @beverlygage mentions the repudiation of it — and the surveillance behind it — by then-FBI Director @Comey. nytimes.com/2014/11/16/mag… pic.twitter.com/d2oSHKY6Rc

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