UMass Amherst, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Previously MIT, Geekcorps, Tripod. No longer posting here. See @ethanz@social.coop, @ethanz.bsky.social

Pittsfield, MA
Joined March 2007
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Bans and threats against US companies will lead governments round the world to develop their own tools, and they could use Chinese code to do it, writes @EthanZ prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
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This is a terrific paper - very happy to have been a small part of it.
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Ethan Zuckerman retweeted
It requires a truly Trumpian level of stupidity to blow up the US university system and the economic benefits connected to it, writes @EthanZ prospectmagazine.co.uk/views…
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Ethan Zuckerman retweeted
It requires a truly Trumpian level of stupidity to blow up the US university system and the economic benefits connected to it, writes @EthanZ prospectmagazine.co.uk/views…
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Excited for my friend Jane!
I'm super greatful to share that I'll be joining the Communication Dept at @Tulane (!!NOLA!!) as an Assistant Professor. I've been very lucky to receive amazing support- this isn't my individual work and I couldn't have done it alone.
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Ethan Zuckerman retweeted
Meta’s changes to content moderation are probably not designed to encourage healthy democratic debate. Instead, they seem like a strategy to curry favour with Trump and his nativist supporters, writes @EthanZ. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
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The simple answer, of course, is no - FB is going to start doing what's politically and economically expedient. In the US, it means submitting to Trump. In Vietnam, it means doing whatever is required to stay open. It's disgusting, but that's the way these companies work.
So Zuckerberg wants Facebook "to get back to our roots around free expression." Does that mean Meta will stop complying with censorship requests by the Vietnamese government?
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What can South-to-South knowledge exchange contribute to Tech and Democracy research? What are divergence points between Global North & South tech justice advocacies? How are so-called global “whole-of-society” coalitions extractive of “local partners”? New study @GloTechLab 1/6
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Hi friends. I've been crossposting between Bluesky, Mastodon and Twitter for a year, and I'm no longer posting here. I am keeping the account open to follow friends who aren't posting elsewhere. Please find me at @ethanz@social.coop on Mastodon or @ethanz@bsky.social
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Diana is doing some of the most important and interesting work in CS/HCI these days - this is an amazing opportunity. Heads up #cscw2024
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Ethan Zuckerman retweeted
“Because Trump never stops talking, it’s hard to think of him as a good listener” writes @EthanZ - but the very online president-elect understands what his supporters want: prospectmagazine.co.uk/world…
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