After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of ideas, in the last few years the view has shifted dramatically—now it seems that almost no one is ...

_Co-authored with Yasodara Córdova_. _This blog was originally posted at Governance for Development, World Bank Group._ Read the Part 1. --- Rosie the robot was built to analyze the public expenses of Brazil’s congress members and empower citizen de...

_Co-authored with Yasodara Córdova. Also available in Spanish._ _This blog was originally posted at Governance for Development, World Bank Group._ --- Every month in Brazil, the government team in charge of processing reimbursement expenses incurred by...

The Russian government agency responsible for censorship on the Internet has accused Facebook and Twitter of failing to comply with a law requiring all servers that store personal data to be located in Russia.

We've already given it so much, why stop now? No one else is going to delete Facebook, so why should I? Facebook understands this — the data tells them so. It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small way...

...the chilling effect of Facebook and other tech giants buying up every promising startup is noticeable. 'I think if we have a tech economy entirely premised on the idea that monopolists may one day buy the underlying thing, it really limits what can happ...

Facebook offers a terrible bargain: It gives you the connectedness you crave, but it's unfulfilling and leaves you wanting more. It's like drinking Coke, or eating McDonald's, except you don't even have to pay for it.