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New Books in Sociology

danah boyd on Digital Technology and Everyday Life

Jun 17, 2024
danah boyd, Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research, discusses her work on digital infrastructure and the US Census Bureau. They delve into collaborative research projects in AI implementation, analyzing social solutions over technological ones, and the importance of the census in research. The chapter emphasizes the complex relationship between digital technology and mental health, as well as navigating research and collaboration in government organizations.
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  • Techno-legal solutionism in regulating online safety for children prompts the shift towards duty of care provision and the necessity for social solutions.
  • Digital technology's influence on mental health calls for supportive online environments and highlights the inadvertent impacts of media on vulnerable individuals.

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Exploring Techno-Legal Solutionism in Children's Online Safety Regulation

The discussion delves into the concept of techno-legal solutionism in regulating children's online safety in the United States. It highlights the shift towards a duty of care provision and the complexities of legal demands for technological fixes from companies. The paper critiques the deterministic approach and underscores the need for social solutions, emphasizing the inadvertent impacts of regulatory demands on tech companies and the necessity to focus on vulnerable youth.

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