One of the problems with a relatively open platform such as Twitter is impersonation. I can claim to be somebody else, upload their picture to my pro...

One of the problems with a relatively open platform such as Twitter is impersonation. I can claim to be somebody else, upload their picture to my pro...

At MIT one of my statistics classes was taught by Prof. Jerry Hausman (of the Hausman test). In every class Prof. Hausman would at some point reach a...

At MIT one of my statistics classes was taught by Prof. Jerry Hausman (of the Hausman test). In every class Prof. Hausman would at some point reach a...

Elon Musk has successfully acquired Twitter. Many people seem convinced he will ruin it in short order. And while that’s of course conceivable, it is...

Elon Musk has successfully acquired Twitter. Many people seem convinced he will ruin it in short order. And while that’s of course conceivable, it is...

Twitter is going public today. This is something many startups aspire to yet very few succeed in doing. My congratulations to everyone who has contri...

Twitter is going public today. This is something many startups aspire to yet very few succeed in doing. My congratulations to everyone who has contri...

Twitter is banning political ads. This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra....

Twitter is banning political ads. This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra....

I have been blogging very little, as I have been swamped with a big and exciting work project. As the peak effort on that is now past, I look forward...

I have been blogging very little, as I have been swamped with a big and exciting work project. As the peak effort on that is now past, I look forward...

At the end of last week Facebook announced that it would stop having humans write summaries of trending news stories. This follows previous allegatio...

At the end of last week Facebook announced that it would stop having humans write summaries of trending news stories. This follows previous allegatio...

We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged....

We have entered a new phase of the discussion on what to do about speech on platforms such as Twitter. On the plus side many more people are engaged....

If you have looked for your car recently in a big parking lot and had trouble finding it you can be forgiven. All modern cars look alike. In fact, if...

If you have looked for your car recently in a big parking lot and had trouble finding it you can be forgiven. All modern cars look alike. In fact, if...

Here we are again in 2019 debating speech online and specifically the case of Facebook. Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown trying to invoke the civil ri...

Here we are again in 2019 debating speech online and specifically the case of Facebook. Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown trying to invoke the civil ri...