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Protestor holding sign saying "I was totally paid to throw Molotovs" next to the words "This is not real."
JASON PRAMAS

When Big Protests Come To Massachusetts, How Can Journalists Compete With AI Disinformation?

I don’t know. And, as a journalist, I don’t like that I don’t know.

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JASON PRAMAS June 12, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

Interview: “Picks & Shovels” With Cory Doctorow

The author and activist discusses his new book, the struggle over technology, and the “enshittification” of social media

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DANA FORSYTHE January 29, 2025
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STEVE PROVIZER

AI: Blessing and Curse

A look at why you should care and what, if anything can be done to tip the scales one way or another

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STEVE PROVIZER December 12, 2024
DAN ATKINSON

FACIAL ANIMOSITY

As Massachusetts lawmakers weigh new facial recognition rules, their own guards shop for AI-enhanced surveillance that privacy advocates call “chilling,” “unlawful,” and “racially biased”

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DAN ATKINSON May 20, 2024
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

COUNCILORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON DIGITAL DIVIDE

How immigrants face the imbalance in the world of technology (Somerville Wire) – The digital divide in Somerville, which was laid bare over the course of the pandemic, represents an issue of equity in the city, particularly as it relates to immigrants and other marginalized groups, say City officials. At

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 29, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE’S USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AT A GLANCE

A look at the tools recently introduced for use by the City.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 9, 2021
JONATHAN RILEY

SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP FEATURE: NUCLEAR FAMILY

For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon

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JONATHAN RILEY December 27, 2020
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NICOLE ASCHOFF

CAMBRIDGE SITUATION REVEALS HOW CORONAVIRUS EXPOSES DIGITAL DIVIDE

Coronavirus is pushing us from our workplaces, classrooms, and public spaces into our homes. High-speed internet is more essential than ever to maintain social ties. But millions are denied this fundamental right.

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NICOLE ASCHOFF March 23, 2020
CHRIS FARAONE

RISE OF THE HAND MACHINES

In “The Smartphone Society,” Aschoff moves beyond moral panic and asks bigger questions about our devices

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CHRIS FARAONE March 4, 2020
BINJ ONLINE

‘THE SMARTPHONE SOCIETY’ BOOK RELEASE AT HARVARD BOOK STORE (3.11)

Join author and Jacobin editorial board member Nicole Aschoff for a discussion about how tech empowers community organizing and protest movements to combat the systems of capitalism and data exploitation that helped drive tech’s own rise to ubiquity.

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BINJ ONLINE February 13, 2020
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