How is information and misinformation disseminated on digital social networks? Jens Koed Madsen, a researcher at the Complex Human-Environment Systems Simulation Group (Cohesys) at the University of Oxford, explained the main cognitive biases induced by users and by algorithms in an interview with the publication "Mediation".
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The right to oblivion and neighbouring rights, two cases of very different natures have brought Google, the giant of search engines, into conflict with European justice. In both cases, one in which it is condemned and the other not, Google is trying to play the game as finely as possible. It does so by
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While "free models" are nothing new, the digital economy has given them an unprecedented scale. From the LinkedIn professional network to dating applications and video games, digital players are deploying a range of strategies in which the user has free access to a partial service according to the following criteria
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Protection of personal data, control over the advertising market, online search or social networks, dominant position in online commerce or control of the market for smartphone applications... Grievances against the digital giants are the source of many investigations, both on the American side and on the European side.
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It is an article in the Washington Post signed by our colleague Reed Albergotti who throws this paving stone into the pond and breaks the silence. The mythical and often adulated apple brand shamelessly plunders the best ideas in the applications it hosts on its own App Store. Privilege of
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Recent statements by two members of the government, Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet and Secretary of State for Digital Media Cédric O, are fuelling dangerous confusion in an otherwise legitimate public debate on the spread of hate speech, the mass dissemination of false news, influence peddling, etc.
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Facebook, the giant firm founded by Mark Zuckerberg, wants to look more and more like a state, if not more. With its 2.4 billion users, the social network has colossal power. A few days ago, Facebook announced the creation of its own currency. Regalian privilege arrogated to a
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He's probably the most powerful man in the world. At the head of an empire of more than two billion subjects who worship him daily. But he is also, in recent months, the most disparaged man in the world. His masterpiece, Facebook, seems to have become an uncontrollable monster.
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All they have to do is look at the news feed of their favourite social network to feel up to date. A title, a picture, a few lines of introduction are enough. When it comes to information, some people are not satisfied with much. They are even more convinced than those who are going to
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You are ready to go on holiday, your luggage is packed, your rooms are booked; there is only one problem: the government has cancelled your tickets. This is happening in China and tens of millions of Chinese people are being punished because their "social credit score" has been "too high".
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Everyone agrees that he is the father of the web. Thirty years ago almost to the day, the internet raised enthusiastic hopes for a better life for all mankind. Today, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, looks at his baby with an
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Ubiquitous in our hyper-connected world, passwords guarantee the security of our personal information online. While they tend to be forgotten on a daily basis, they come back to the forefront with each new mass hack. In the dock, many new technologies, such as biometrics, are now being used to protect personal information.
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On the occasion of the 9th Day without Facebook, this Thursday 28 February, author Thomas Fauré denounces the technological schizophrenia that keeps Europe happy in front of Facebook, despite the thousand revelations that have been made about it. He claims that at the heart of the Old Continent there are the means to invest in
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The social network Facebook celebrated its 15th birthday on February 4th. The role of the platform in spreading hate speech has been the subject of much debate recently. At the heart of the controversy is Myanmar, where Facebook has been used to coerce hundreds of thousands of Rohingya
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Lately, Facebook has become as clinging as modern art: you either love or hate it. Some of us will use it blindly and unconditionally on a daily basis to publish photos of our recent trips to idyllic places, share memorable moments, even bombard their subscribers with publications on
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Essential to the proper functioning of our societies and to their understanding, information is also a consumer product. As part of a market of supply and demand, it sometimes strays from its primary purpose to divert the attention of consumers who are increasingly demanding sensational content. Succeeding in
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In 2018, the European Commission has adopted a pragmatic approach to address the shortcomings of the technology giants. 2019 is likely to be the dawn of a " éthique technologique " where consumers expect their rights to be respected in the digital realm as they are in their daily lives. The
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Click, like, share: all our digital links produce data. This information, captured and monetized by the major digital platforms, is becoming the black gold - virtual - of the 21st century. Have we all become digital workers? On the occasion of the release of
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The Yellow Vest crisis revealed the role of social networks as a driving force and catalyst for the movement. How to govern in the age of Facebook? While President Macron is trying, by solemnly speaking to the French, to find solutions to the Yellow Vest crisis, a deep gulf seems to have opened up.
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Because whistleblowers are the watchdogs of our democracy and it is our duty to protect them, a collective of 17 organizations initiated by Transparency France and Sciences Citoyennes (1) gave life to an innovative project on October 22nd, inaugurated on November 9th: the
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