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Wired: Bots Unite to Automate the Presidential Election

Wired: Bots Unite to Automate the Presidential Election

by Phil Howard | May 16, 2016 | Commentaries, Learn More

This originally appeared as “These are the Droids You’re Looking For:  Bots as a Tool For Journalism” by Samuel Woolley and Phil Howard in the May 2016 issue of Wired Magazine. DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS minority communities. Just ask Pepe Luis Lopez, Francisco Palma,...
Idea to retire: A closed-platform Internet of Things

Idea to retire: A closed-platform Internet of Things

by Phil Howard | Apr 3, 2016 | Commentaries, Learn More

This appeared as “Idea to retire: A closed-platform Internet of Things” on the Brookings Institution’s TechTank blog. The Internet has gone through a major demographic transition: in 2015 year, the number of devices connected by the Internet...
The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself

The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself

by Phil Howard | Jul 1, 2015 | Commentaries, Learn More

This appeared as “Politics won’t know what hit it:  The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself” in Politico Magazine. In the evolving conversation about the “Internet of Things” — the growth of networked everyday objects and the data...
The Myth of Violent Online Extremism

The Myth of Violent Online Extremism

by Phil Howard | Feb 6, 2015 | Commentaries, Learn More, Yale Press Blog

This originally appeared on the Yale Books blog. The responsibility of social and digital networks in combating terrorism has come under particular scrutiny since the Charlie Hebdo attacks of January 2015. Philip N. Howard, Pax Technica author and commentator on the...
Why the Internet Should Be a Public Resource

Why the Internet Should Be a Public Resource

by Phil Howard | Jan 15, 2015 | Commentaries, Learn More, Yale Press Blog

Phil Howard commented on CES for the Yale Books blog and  argued  for the advantages of treating the internet as a public  resource. The excitement of this year’s CES—the enormous technology show and tell event that just ended in Las Vegas—was about the “internet of...
Bad News Bots: How Civil Society Can Combat Automated Online Propaganda

Bad News Bots: How Civil Society Can Combat Automated Online Propaganda

by Phil Howard | Dec 10, 2014 | Commentaries, Learn More, TechPresident

This originally appeared in Tech President and was written with Sam Woolley  It’s no secret that governments and political actors now make use of social robots or bots—automated scripts that produce content and mimic real users. Faux social media accounts now...

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