Information Policy

Related Faculty

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John Chuang

Professor
Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy
Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

Professor of Practice
Internet law, information privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, computer crime, regulation of technology, edtech
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Deirdre Mulligan

Professor
privacy, fairness, human rights, cybersecurity, technology and governance, values in design
AnnaLee (Anno) Saxenian

AnnaLee Saxenian

Professor
Regional economic development, Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley.

Recent Publications

Situating Web Searching in Data Engineering: Admissions, Extensions, Repairs, and Ownership
Dec 16, 2022

 

 
Search quality complaints and imaginary repair: Control in articulations of Google Search
Nov 23, 2022
Google Scholar – Platforming the scholarly economy
Sep 29, 2022
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Exploring Google Searches for Out-of-Clinic Medication Abortion in the United States During 2020: Infodemiology Approach Using Multiple Samples
May 15, 2022

During the pandemic in the United States, there has been considerably more interest in home abortions than in minimally or nonclinically supported self-abortions. As access barriers to in-person abortion care increase due to legal restrictions and COVID-19–related disruptions, individuals may be turning to the internet for information and services on out-of-clinic medication abortions. Google searches allow us to explore timely population-level interest in this topic and assess its implications.

Book cover: Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
Law and Policy for the Quantum Age
Jan 6, 2022

It is often said that quantum technologies are poised to change the world as we know it, but cutting through the hype, what will quantum technologies actually mean for countries and their citizens?

Enacting Privacy in Internet Standards
Dec 18, 2020
Differential Privacy in Practice: Expose your Epsilons!
Oct 23, 2019
Privacy and Policy in Polystores: A Data Management Research Agenda
Oct 23, 2019
Information-intensive innovation: the changing role of the private firm in the research ecosystem through the study of biosensed data
Aug 16, 2019
Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory
May 11, 2018

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Information Policy news

Hany Farid
Hany Farid: ‘Deepfakes’ May Disrupt the 2020 Election
Nov 5, 2019
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Steven Weber Deconstructs the Future, Bloc by Bloc
Oct 22, 2019

In his newly published book, Bloc by Bloc, Professor Steven Weber explores the future of the global enterprise as international tensions reach new heights.

Hany Farid
Hany Farid Helps Facebook Fight the Deepfake Epidemic
Sep 5, 2019
Steven Weber
Steven Weber on the Decaying Tech Ties Between U.S. and China
Oct 14, 2019

Concerns regarding Beijing's censorship and human rights record continue to disrupt tech-industry ties between the U.S. and China.

Krista Mar
Alumna Krista Mar Seeks Fair Representation in the 2020 Census
Oct 4, 2019
Nick Doty
Google Alone Takes Stand on Privacy, Ph.D. Student Nick Doty Explains
Sep 25, 2019
Shazeda Ahmed
Shazeda Ahmed Explains China’s Social Credit System
Sep 23, 2019
Hany Farid
Hany Farid’s eGlyph Can Help Europe Fight Online Extremism
Sep 18, 2019

Preventing online extremism has become a priority for European policy-makers in the wake of the harrowing attack in Christchurch, which was live-streamed on Facebook. Technology like the Counter Extremism Project's eGlyph, a tool developed by UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid, should be used to screen out extremist content on social media platforms.

Ashkan Soltani (MIMS 2009)
Ashkan Soltani Says FTC Exonerates Facebook in User Privacy Settlement
Jun 24, 2019
A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square, 1989. Photograph: Jeff Widener/AP
If Google goes to China, will it tell the truth about Tiananmen Square?
Aug 21, 2018

The company’s controversial plan to relaunch search is a chance to stand up for truth in the age of disinformation, say Deirdre Mulligan and Daniel Griffin.

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