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Mila Samdub and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci disentangle two different visions of digital public infrastructure (DPI): DPI as roads, and DPI as radio.

Mila Samdub and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci disentangle two different visions of digital public infrastructure (DPI): DPI as roads, and DPI as radio.

New York would require social media platforms to provide free data to apps that allow users to block hateful speech under legislation state lawmakers are expected to consider next year.

In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.

A robust ecosystem of third-party tools that will require fresh thinking about privacy, say Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci and Ethan Zuckerman.