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Posts that describe current CAT Lab research.

The Obligation to Experiment

December 2016

Tech companies should test the effects of their products on our safety and civil liberties. We should also test them ourselves.

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A Toxic Web: What the Victorians Can Teach Us About Online Abuse

May 2016

In the 1850s, adulterated food was causing widespread malnutrition. Campaigners, scientists, governments and industry leaders worked together to eventually put it right. Let’s learn from this history.

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network map of the reddit blackout

How Do Users Take Collective Action Against Online Platforms? (CHI Honorable Mention)

February 2016

What factors lead users in an online platform to join together in mass collective action to influence those who run the platform?

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The Tragedy of the Digital Commons

August 2015

Advocates for fairer, safer online spaces are turning to the conservation movement for inspiration.

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Reporting, Reviewing, and Responding to Harassment on Twitter (with WAM!)

May 2015

We worked with our colleagues at Women, Action and the Media to assess and report incidents of harassment on Twitter.

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