John Palfrey
John Palfrey
John Palfreyis a leading American educator, scholar, and law professor. He is a notable authority on the legal aspects of emerging media, and he is an advocate for Internet freedom, including increased online transparency and accountability as well as child safety. He was selected to be the Head of School at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 2012. He has been an important figure at Harvard Law School and served as executive director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet &...
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There's a fine line between legitimate advertising practices and unwanted advertising practices, and finding where that line falls is a difficult one.
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That's when you'll see the true colors of the company on this topic.
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It's putting the providers of this software on notice that we're going to be paying attention.
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It's related to the problems that Yahoo and Microsoft and others are facing in China, ... but here the issue is that these technology security companies are directly profiting from the censorship regime itself.
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Intruders are now in your house without your permission. They entered through your computer to bombard you with sneaky pop-ups and install tracking software to spy on your every move and steal your most personal information.
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Other companies that follow similar practices beware: This is just the beginning of what we hope to identify and publicize.
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The state's abilities in terms of content control online -- through a mixture of methods -- should not be underestimated.
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Massachusetts is the canary in the mine on this issue. If Massachusetts gets this right, others will follow.
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On the one hand, these are important, critical issues for the future of democracy in the world, and on the other, they're thorny and unpleasant to talk about. It's a massive brewing dispute.
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You need to avoid any one entity having too much control over the ecosystem.
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But if anyone can manage to mitigate such a risk, it is no doubt the Chinese,
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Television didn't transform education. Neither will the internet. But it will be another tool for teachers to use in their effort to reach students in the classroom. It will also be a means by which students learn outside the classroom
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It's not about being digital. It's about students who are born digital.
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Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world.