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NFTs and Gamestop on The Future, This Week

This week: we discuss how digital ownership through NFTs creates value and new kinds of assets, and what the GameStop saga reveals about new forms of spontaneous digital organising.

Facebook and the media code on The Future, This Week

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Data, privacy and tracking on The Future, This Week

This week: we dive into the complex shadow world of trading location data from innocuous apps.

Misinformation, fake news and elections on The Future, This Week

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The Social Dilemma and platforms on The Future, This Week

This week: The Social Dilemma, our first movie review on The Future, This Week. We bring in everything we’ve learnt about social media over the past three years.

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Xiaohongshu (Little RED Book) and social commerce on The Future, This Week

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Online activism on Corona Business Insights

From flooding hashtags to weaponising Disney’s copyright policing: what online activism and protests can learn from K-Pop fans during COVID-19.

Repertoires of collaboration to create situational awareness during the COVID-19 crisis

We are currently witnessing a complex interaction between our health, social, economic and political systems which is being impacted by our current lack of confidence in our COVID-19 situational awareness.

The truth, free speech and platform design on The Future, This Week

This week: the truth, free speech and the design of online platforms