In this episode we start looking into the often both complex and complicated issues of jurisdiction over the Internet. We discuss the trends and evolution, and the re-territorialization of the Internet over time and give a few examples of hard choice…
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In this episode we examine the often somewhat fuzzy distinction between open and closed systems and platforms, and discuss if there are better ways to think about this. We also suggest that maybe we should pay more attention to the distinction betwee…
Leave a CommentThe first copyright episode! We discuss the old copyright wars and the coming ones, as well as the benefits of Creative Commons. What was all the fuss about? And why did copyright fade as the unquestioned number one policy issue in tech policy?
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So, we are 8 episodes in and it felt about right to take a step back and say hi and introduce ourselves, explain how we ended up being interested in tech policy and why Richard was dissuaded from becoming Indiana Jones and ended up an Italian psychol…
Leave a CommentIn this session we discuss the history and future of privacy, fundamental concepts and ideas about data as well as the question of if we will see more or less personal data online in the future. Listen in!
Leave a CommentIn this week’s episode we discuss the evolution away from a global Internet into several smaller splinternets. How large are they likely to be? What does this mean for the large platforms? Was there ever a global Internet to begin with? And will tech…
Leave a CommentShould platforms become the arbiters of truth? Should we as a society require that they uphold a shared baseline of facts and ensure that doubting historical and scientific truths is much harder than it is today? What about lying – should that really…
Leave a CommentIn this episode we discuss news, journalism and the tension between preserving the democratic institution of journalism and propping up news business models that are not working. We also discuss the role public service has to play, the dynamics of th…
Leave a CommentIn this episode the subject is how platforms and society deal with nudity – and what that says about content regulation generally. Nipples, artistic nudity, documentary photos of nudity, contexts and more than anything the wider question of what kind…
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