7 things to know about the internet’s midlife crisis
There’s no easy way to put it: The internet is having a midlife crisis. From a pandemic spread of misinformation and hate speech to Supreme Court cases weighing the responsibility of search engines and social media platforms in monitoring user content to the significant gaps in access that make up the “digital divide”—the internet’s freedom of connectivity and information is plagued by real and mount i n g challenges. So, how do we address those challenges, and who is responsible? Blake Reid, clinical professor of law specializing in technology policy and telecom and disability law, offers a deeper look at how the state of the internet came to be, and how possible solutions could alter the internet we know today.
