The Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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When It’s About Power/Justice/Human Rights, It IS about Ethics
There is nothing about applied ethics that inherently leaves out social-political matters.
scu.edu
ICYMI: "When It’s About Power/Justice/Human Rights, It IS about [#tech and other] #Ethics": scu.edu/ethics/focus... #internet #law #AI
"Poynter, IRE and #Internet Archive launch ‘Today’s News for Tomorrow,’ a project to help newsrooms preserve their digital footprint": poynter.org/business-wor... #ethics #tech #media #journalism
Poynter, IRE and Internet Archive launch ‘Today’s News for Tomorrow,’ a project to help newsrooms preserve their digital footprint - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
poynter.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"Poynter, IRE and #Internet Archive launch ‘Today’s News for Tomorrow,’ a project to help newsrooms preserve their digital footprint": poynter.org/business-wor... #ethics #tech #media #journalism
ICYMI: "Chatbots and Agency: An #AI #Ethics Case Study": scu.edu/ethics/focus... #tech #design #business
Chatbots and Agency
Exploring the intersection of chatbot design, personalization, and agency.
scu.edu
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Last year, the [FTC] initiated a market study on what it called 'surveillance pricing,' which it said included using a customer’s location to help set prices. The agency published an interim report in January but has yet to release a final report" www.wired.com/story/algori... #ethics #privacy #gov
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Last year, the [FTC] initiated a market study on what it called 'surveillance pricing,' which it said included using a customer’s location to help set prices. The agency published an interim report in January but has yet to release a final report" www.wired.com/story/algori... #ethics #privacy #gov
"Dance may not be the ideal medium for debating the semantics of #algorithms or public policy. But it does offer something other forms of discourse about artificial intelligence may not: a visceral, emotional, profoundly human experience": dancemagazine.com/ai-choreogra...
#ethics #tech
#ethics #tech
How Choreographers Are Making Works That Imagine the Implications of Artificial Intelligence
As AI technologies proliferate and become an increasingly inescapable fact of modern life, choreographers are not only experimenting with AI tools, but they’re also creating works that grapple with th...
dancemagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Dance may not be the ideal medium for debating the semantics of #algorithms or public policy. But it does offer something other forms of discourse about artificial intelligence may not: a visceral, emotional, profoundly human experience": dancemagazine.com/ai-choreogra...
#ethics #tech
#ethics #tech
"We focus our response specifically on policy interventions to help mitigate the harms of AI-powered #chatbots used as #therapists or for other psychological purposes": hai.stanford.edu/policy/respo... #ethics #tech #research #health #design #engineering #gov
Response to FDA's Request for Comment on AI-Enabled Medical Devices | Stanford HAI
Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFC on evaluating AI-enabled medical devices, recommending policy interventions to help mitigate the harms of AI-powered chatbots used as therapists.
hai.stanford.edu
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"We focus our response specifically on policy interventions to help mitigate the harms of AI-powered #chatbots used as #therapists or for other psychological purposes": hai.stanford.edu/policy/respo... #ethics #tech #research #health #design #engineering #gov
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"What happens when you kick millions of #teens off #socialmedia? Australia’s about to find out": cnn.com/2025/11/29/a... #ethics #law #internet #gov #tech #business #education #parenting #privacy #cybersec
What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN
In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...
cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"What happens when you kick millions of #teens off #socialmedia? Australia’s about to find out": cnn.com/2025/11/29/a... #ethics #law #internet #gov #tech #business #education #parenting #privacy #cybersec
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"Our plan is to give residents the opportunity to exercise their rights under the California Consumer #Privacy Act with this #app": spectrum.ieee.org/amp/smart-ci... #ethics #law #tech #gov #SmartCity
Citizens of Smart Cities Need a Way to Opt Out
“Data walks” reveal how residents feel about digital privacy
spectrum.ieee.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Our plan is to give residents the opportunity to exercise their rights under the California Consumer #Privacy Act with this #app": spectrum.ieee.org/amp/smart-ci... #ethics #law #tech #gov #SmartCity
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In "announcing [the toy's] return, FoloToy boasted that it was the only company of the three targeted in the review to suspend sales" and mentioned "a full week of rigorous review, testing and reinforcement of [its] safety modules": engadget.com/ai/folotoys-... #ethics #AI #business
FoloToy's AI teddy bear is back on sale following its brief foray into BDSM
The company ironed out the kinks, and it's back on sale.
engadget.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In "announcing [the toy's] return, FoloToy boasted that it was the only company of the three targeted in the review to suspend sales" and mentioned "a full week of rigorous review, testing and reinforcement of [its] safety modules": engadget.com/ai/folotoys-... #ethics #AI #business
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"Parasocial Relationships With #AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts": starmagazine.com/parasocial-r... #ethics #tech #health
Parasocial Relationships With AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts
The Cambridge Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year is “parasocial,” a term long used to describe the one-sided relationship between an obsessed fan and a celebrity, but which is now used to describe one-s...
starmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Parasocial Relationships With #AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts": starmagazine.com/parasocial-r... #ethics #tech #health
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"About every 10 years, Congress and various agency committees seem to remember the importance of the undersea cable system. They recall that around 99[%] of all international data traffic flows through garden hose-sized cables on the ocean floor" lawfaremedia.org/article/the-... #tech #gov #internet
The Subsea Sputnik Moment
China’s XLUUV exposes decades of policy negligence, demanding Congress reject bureaucratic inertia and secure the undersea cable system.
lawfaremedia.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"About every 10 years, Congress and various agency committees seem to remember the importance of the undersea cable system. They recall that around 99[%] of all international data traffic flows through garden hose-sized cables on the ocean floor" lawfaremedia.org/article/the-... #tech #gov #internet
"About every 10 years, Congress and various agency committees seem to remember the importance of the undersea cable system. They recall that around 99[%] of all international data traffic flows through garden hose-sized cables on the ocean floor" lawfaremedia.org/article/the-... #tech #gov #internet
The Subsea Sputnik Moment
China’s XLUUV exposes decades of policy negligence, demanding Congress reject bureaucratic inertia and secure the undersea cable system.
lawfaremedia.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"About every 10 years, Congress and various agency committees seem to remember the importance of the undersea cable system. They recall that around 99[%] of all international data traffic flows through garden hose-sized cables on the ocean floor" lawfaremedia.org/article/the-... #tech #gov #internet
"Parasocial Relationships With #AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts": starmagazine.com/parasocial-r... #ethics #tech #health
Parasocial Relationships With AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts
The Cambridge Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year is “parasocial,” a term long used to describe the one-sided relationship between an obsessed fan and a celebrity, but which is now used to describe one-s...
starmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Parasocial Relationships With #AI Inspire Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year — And Warnings From Experts": starmagazine.com/parasocial-r... #ethics #tech #health
In "announcing [the toy's] return, FoloToy boasted that it was the only company of the three targeted in the review to suspend sales" and mentioned "a full week of rigorous review, testing and reinforcement of [its] safety modules": engadget.com/ai/folotoys-... #ethics #AI #business
FoloToy's AI teddy bear is back on sale following its brief foray into BDSM
The company ironed out the kinks, and it's back on sale.
engadget.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In "announcing [the toy's] return, FoloToy boasted that it was the only company of the three targeted in the review to suspend sales" and mentioned "a full week of rigorous review, testing and reinforcement of [its] safety modules": engadget.com/ai/folotoys-... #ethics #AI #business
"Our plan is to give residents the opportunity to exercise their rights under the California Consumer #Privacy Act with this #app": spectrum.ieee.org/amp/smart-ci... #ethics #law #tech #gov #SmartCity
Citizens of Smart Cities Need a Way to Opt Out
“Data walks” reveal how residents feel about digital privacy
spectrum.ieee.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Our plan is to give residents the opportunity to exercise their rights under the California Consumer #Privacy Act with this #app": spectrum.ieee.org/amp/smart-ci... #ethics #law #tech #gov #SmartCity
"What happens when you kick millions of #teens off #socialmedia? Australia’s about to find out": cnn.com/2025/11/29/a... #ethics #law #internet #gov #tech #business #education #parenting #privacy #cybersec
What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN
In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...
cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"What happens when you kick millions of #teens off #socialmedia? Australia’s about to find out": cnn.com/2025/11/29/a... #ethics #law #internet #gov #tech #business #education #parenting #privacy #cybersec
"The FTC also alleged the company failed to notify #school districts in a timely manner... about the #data breach. For example, it waited nearly two years to notify some school districts, comprising more than 380,000 students" ftc.gov/news-events/... #ethics #privacy #edtech #law
FTC Takes Action Against Education Technology Provider for Failing to Secure Students’ Personal Data
The Federal Trade Commission will require education technology provider Illuminate Education, Inc.
ftc.gov
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Reposted by The Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Giving thanks to food bloggers and #AI researchers who educate people about #technology...
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
It’s time for Cooking With Neural Networks!
Neural networks are computer programs that learn by example. Rather than a programmer teaching them step-by-step rules on how to solve a problem, neural networks try to deduce their own rules by looki...
aiweirdness.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Giving thanks to food bloggers and #AI researchers who educate people about #technology...
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
Giving thanks to food bloggers and #AI researchers who educate people about #technology...
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
It’s time for Cooking With Neural Networks!
Neural networks are computer programs that learn by example. Rather than a programmer teaching them step-by-step rules on how to solve a problem, neural networks try to deduce their own rules by looki...
aiweirdness.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Giving thanks to food bloggers and #AI researchers who educate people about #technology...
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
Cooking with #AI has come a long way, and propagated: in 2018: aiweirdness.com/its-time-for...; in 2025: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #internet #tech #Thanksgiving
On the Executive Order on #AI that has not (yet) come to be: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... #ethics #law #gov #tech
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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"The Genesis Mission will... harness Federal scientific datasets... to train scientific foundation models and create #AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate #research workflows, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs": nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... #ethics #tech #gov #data #business #highered
Trump signs executive order launching AI initiative being compared to the Manhattan Project
The order announced the “Genesis Mission” for AI, a new federal push to mobilize the federal government's research and data to create artificial intelligence models.
nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"The fading away of DOGE is in sharp contrast to the government-wide effort over months to draw attention to it, with Trump, his advisers and cabinet secretaries posting about it on #socialmedia": reuters.com/world/us/dog... #ethics #internet
reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The fading away of DOGE is in sharp contrast to the government-wide effort over months to draw attention to it, with Trump, his advisers and cabinet secretaries posting about it on #socialmedia": reuters.com/world/us/dog... #ethics #internet
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"The reaction from users on X was, of course, totally level-headed. They immediately recognized that the #data was flawed and definitely didn’t spend the last 24 hours trying to score political points": theverge.com/news/827279/... #ethics #internet #socialmedia #tech
X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos
X’s About This Account location data is either completely useless, or everyone is a foreign troll.
theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The reaction from users on X was, of course, totally level-headed. They immediately recognized that the #data was flawed and definitely didn’t spend the last 24 hours trying to score political points": theverge.com/news/827279/... #ethics #internet #socialmedia #tech
"The reaction from users on X was, of course, totally level-headed. They immediately recognized that the #data was flawed and definitely didn’t spend the last 24 hours trying to score political points": theverge.com/news/827279/... #ethics #internet #socialmedia #tech
X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos
X’s About This Account location data is either completely useless, or everyone is a foreign troll.
theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The reaction from users on X was, of course, totally level-headed. They immediately recognized that the #data was flawed and definitely didn’t spend the last 24 hours trying to score political points": theverge.com/news/827279/... #ethics #internet #socialmedia #tech