A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online—and the large societal impact of these decisions

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.

We have been underselling the future. In fact, the future will be neither dystopia nor utopia (which is an actively harmful dichotomy) — it will be what we do the work to make it. And the best way to the brightest future is to focus on what we CAN do, and make sure we are working to get there.

Interviews by Chris Till with researchers of all areas of digital culture and society.

What is tech stewardship? A professional identity, orientation and practice. As tech stewards, we continuously discuss, refine and imagine new ways to shape technology for the benefit of all.

A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors—experts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decades—which reveals how big tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and outlines steps we can take to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves.

In Rules for a Flat World, Gillian Hadfield argues that the legal rules that currently guide global integration are no longer working. They are too slow, costly, and localized for increasingly complex advanced economies, and fail to address issues such as poverty, instability, and oppression for the billions living in the developing world. Hadfield proposes a new set of rules that enhance complex societies and economic interdependence and makes the case for building a more agile infrastructure.

Not since the Age of Reason have we re-envisioned our approach to economics, order, security, and even knowledge itself. Now, the Age of AI is changing nearly everything about how we navigate the world — and what it means to be human.

Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.

The Tech Humanist started out as a manifesto, became a book, then a livestreamed show, and then a podcast. Kate O’Neill started it but a team and the community keeps it going. It’s been a movement, really. This community is about channeling the best of our human selves to develop the best technological solutions for all of us.

It is time for greater action toward improving social media. This report, Improving Social Media: The People, Organizations and Ideas for a Better Tech Future is directed at policymakers and social media platforms with the express purpose of creating a more holistic, collective approach to improving social media.

Get ready to discover a vibrant and diverse community that is deeply committed to building a better tech future.The Responsible Tech Guide, the flagship resource for our non-profit, is structured to allow you to quickly learn about the people, organizations, and ideas of the growing movement.

To build technology that matters tomorrow, we have to start with different principles today. This self-paced online course prepares product teams to create technology that treats attention and intention as sacred, protects well-being, and builds our collective capacity to address humanity’s most urgent challenges.

Our social media environment is broken. Want a roadmap to help fix it? Integrating expertise across technology, mindfulness, and educational instruction, this interactive toolkit helps young people navigate — and push to change — a broken social media environment.

As a society, we’ve normalized digital lawlessness in the name of innovation and disruption. We need guardrails that protect the conditions that democracy needs to thrive: a comprehensively educated public, a citizenry that can check the power of market forces and bind predatory behavior.

For school districts, educators, mental health advocates, young people, and other leaders alike, the Centre for Humane Technology’s Youth & Educators Toolkit helps high school and college students navigate — and push to change — a broken social media environment.

Technology’s promise to keep us connected has given rise to a host of unintended consequences that are catching up with us. If we can’t address our broken information ecosystem, we’ll never be able to address the challenges that plague humanity.

A six-part documentary series charting a labyrinthine journey to unmask the mastermind behind QAnon.

Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.

Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.