Policymakers interested in holding social media companies accountable for user harms are increasingly embracing the principles of “safety by design,” which aim to place accountability, user empowerment, and transparency at the heart of rules for online life. John Perrino argues that this approach offers a more proactive way to address online safety issues—even as these principles raise a new set of challenges.
All too often, research on bureaucracy is focused on high-income countries. To understand more about the unique circumstances facing public sector bureaucrats in developing countries, Danielle Resnick and Gilbert Siame conducted one-on-one surveys with more than 150 bureaucrats in Zambia.
Last week, news broke that the Justice Department is investigating the actions of Donald Trump in connection with the department’s criminal probe into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Quinta Jurecic, Natalie K. Orpett, Peter Strzok, and Benjamin Wittes outline prospective benchmarks for an evaluation of the investigation’s future progress.
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