As a researcher of information systems and AI, I examined both candidates’ records on technology regulation. Here are the important differences.

Whether and how we use that power is up to us, but we mightn’t have it for long. The more the new class of billionaires and trillionaires becomes entrenched, the more it will be able to use the political system to protect their interests rather than those of mere mortals.

Durov’s arrest marks another act in the often confusing and contradictory negotiation of how much responsibility platforms shoulder for the content on their sites.

when we looked at submissions from tech and social media companies on the proposed framework, we found companies such as Facebook, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) were broadly supportive of regulations – within certain limits.

Given the rate at which AI is advancing, the expectations that AGI with superhuman capabilities will be designed in the near future generates discussions in the research community and more broadly in society.

Newshub’s crisis starkly illustrates the structural problem with media, which have seen their advertising move online and into the coffers of Google and Meta, as audiences ditch linear TV in favour of short-form video content and social media.