Taking on the Misinformation Crisis
With the 2020 election approaching, misinformation continues to flood social media, threatening the integrity of our democracy. We, the HTR board, call on tech companies to rethink their platforms’ structures and assume responsibility for facilitating harm to our democracy.
The New (Inter)Faces of American Politics: Start-ups Changing the Way We Vote This Election
The 2020 US election is only a few days away, and like most things in life, it is being drastically affected by developments in technology. Recent events have deterred some from trusting technology to preserve our right to vote. However,
A More Perfect Union: Technology and Democracy
Technology is at center of the 2020 election. Misinformation, polarization, and extremism are spreading across social media platforms and undermining the civic process. With our democracy at stake, we must identify how platforms enable these threats, and how we as
Better Late Than Never; Twitter and Facebook Enact New Civic Misinformation Policies
"Big problems and discrepancies with Mail In Ballots all over the USA. Must have final total on November 3rd." This misleading and inflammatory tweet from President Trump, unfortunately, is only one of millions of posts circulating on social media which
In Solidarity
"It has never before been this apparent that journalism has the power to either challenge injustice and systems of power or perpetuate and exacerbate them. We have an obligation to bring thoughtful, critical dialogue about technology’s role in this movement.
How Tiktok Ads and Online Retailers Get Under Your Skin
“Wait, babe, don’t leave just yet!” A full-screen popup appears on attempt to leave the Princess Polly website, offering you a 10% coupon in hopes that you’ll stay and make a (now discounted) purchase. On Amazon, millions of products are
Entering a Land of No Return – Contact Tracing in the Era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 global health crisis brought about a reality few could imagine in their lifetime. Even those in the United States, who experienced the HIV/AIDS epidemic and 9/11 lockdown measures, have never quite seen something like the current global state
COVID-19 Is Changing How Artists Think of Art
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado has spent most of her life away from Peru. She went to college in New York and created her career in Stockholm. Her work showed up first on the pages of Swedish news sites and
Revealing Motivated Ignorance within Silicon Valley
Source: The New Yorker. February 19th, 2017 marked a day of reckoning for ride-sharing company, Uber. In her essay, “Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber,” Susan Fowler, now tech opinion editor for the New York Times, detailed her
More Veritas, Please!
To the Harvard Administration, First, thank you for your foresight. At the time, your decision to move us all off campus in the span of just a few days felt rash, but in hindsight, it was timely, appropriate, and wise. For