
Arvind Narayanan
Arvind Narayanan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University and the incoming director of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy. He also led the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project, which focused on uncovering how companies collect and use our personal information. Narayanan co-created a massive open online course and textbook on bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies, which has been used in over 150 courses worldwide. His recent work has shown how machine learning reflects cultural stereotypes, and his doctoral research showed the fundamental limits of de-identification. Narayanan is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, twice recipient of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Award, and thrice recipient of the Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Award.
Narayanan is the Knight First Amendment Institute’s 2022-2023 visiting senior research scientist. He will carry out a research project that looks at how algorithms shape the speech environment on social media platforms, aiming specifically to sharpen understanding of the ways in which the platforms’ algorithms distort speech. Narayanan will explore whether a more nuanced understanding of the computer science of algorithmic distortion could open up new regulatory avenues. As part of his tenure, he will organize a series of workshops for specific audiences, such as journalists, and he will curate a set of essays focused on AI and online speech by legal scholars, sociologists, and others with complementary expertise. In the spring of 2023, the Institute will host a major conference on this work as well.
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Quick Take : Algorithmic Amplification and Society
Introducing Visualizing Virality
Illustrating and investigating virality and demotion on Twitter
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Essays and Scholarship
Understanding Social Media Recommendation Algorithms
Towards a better informed debate on the effects of social media
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Deep Dive : Algorithmic Amplification and Society
TikTok’s Secret Sauce
TikTok’s algorithm is ordinary. Its real innovation is something else.
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Deep Dive : Algorithmic Amplification and Society
How To Train Your TikTok
Simple ways to better navigate the platform’s ocean of video content
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Institute Update : Algorithmic Amplification and Society
Call for Participation: Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society
The Knight Institute invites submissions for its spring symposium, April 27-28, 2023, at Columbia University
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