Policing the digital divide: How racial bias can limit Net salvage entry to for folks of color

University of Pennsylvania) A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania investigated the ways that institutions control who has access to Wi-Fi. The findings indicate that powerful institutions and privileged people use quality-of-life policing — the report and/or arrest of individuals engaged in nonviolent offenses such as loitering…

How Russia’s ‘digital iron curtain’ threatens all of us

Kremlin has blocked access to all major opposition news sites, as well as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter within Russia. Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesAs Kremlin tightens control over Russians’ online lives, it threatens domestic freedoms and the global internet. The post How Russia’s ‘digital iron curtain’ threatens all of us appeared first…