I'm attending a workshop hosted by @techpolicypress.bsky.social tomorrow. They invited me to write a "provocation" about the state of technology and democracy right now.
I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.
www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
This story in the Boston Globe that quotes @ethanz.bsky.social reminds me of the fascinating story over the last decade of how to moderate dopers who cheat their way onto the leaderboards of online sports platforms like Strava (1/n)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the Eagleton Institute of Politics for a post-election panel discussion with political experts, featuring CAWP’s Associate Director Jean Sinzdak!
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Eyal standing with a bike on the Rutgers campus wearing a Rutgers jacket.
🎓 update: I defended my PhD at MIT and joined Rutgers as Director of the new Technology and Democracy Research Hub!
I’m excited to work closely with students at the Rutgers Democracy Lab to study how social media, AI, and emerging tech shape civic life.
📰: democracylab.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...
9. 2028 'America First' campaign openly targets immigrants, labelling them 'infiltrators'
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...
10. And ... Democrats sweep 2026 midterms, seize House and Senate in rebuke to Trump
www.bbc.com/news/article...
7. Clashes between Trump and Democrat-led states test America’s federal system
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/w...
8. Scientists sound alarm as government pushes Judeo-Christian ideals into schools
thediplomat.com/2024/08/indi...
5. Murdoch’s News Corp buys MSNBC, silencing last major cable critic of administration
thewire.in/media/how-in...
6. DOJ arrests Democratic presidential candidate in corruption case
apnews.com/article/indi...
3. Census Bureau halts American Community Survey, 2030 count in doubt
www.thenewsminute.com/news/census-...
4. Inside the secret U.S. campaign to threaten and harass critics of the Trump administration around the world
www.vox.com/world-politi...
1. Brookings, ACLU, and Planned Parenthood close doors after 501(c)(3) statuses revoked
scroll.in/article/1070...
2. Who are the Harvard student activists jailed under new anti-terrorism law?
theintercept.com/2023/08/06/u...
Inspired by events in the world's largest democracy, 10 headlines we could see in the U.S. now that democratic guardrails are off:
