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- 2nd Apr 2024
Meta’s Community Forum on AI
Our ongoing partnership with Meta has yielded strong evidence that deliberative processes are promising mechanisms for platform governance. Last October, building on earlier deliberative processes and our focus on AI, BIT designed and delivered a third Community Forum (CF) sponsored by Meta and working with Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab.
- Working paper
- 18th Mar 2024
The Shrouded Economy
Executive summary Across the economy, consumers struggle to tell the difference between good and bad products. Critical information, from price to quality, is either missing, hard to access, or hard to compare. The markets are ‘shrouded’. This has obvious costs for consumers, but the effects on the economy run much…
- Blog
- 29th Feb 2024
Should we ban mobile phones in schools?
Policy moves need to be informed by HOW phones distract young people as well as the messy reality of trying to implement blanket bans in the classroom.
- Blog
- 6th Feb 2024
“Together for a safer internet”: how and why we should put children and young people at the heart of designing future internet policy
Today is Safer Internet Day, raising awareness globally of a safer and better internet for all, especially for children and young people. Lis Costa, Managing Director of BIT UK, considers how we might make this year’s theme of “Together for a safer internet” a meaningful reality.
- Blog
- 10th Jul 2023
Applying deliberative democracy: Insights from our partnership with Meta
Users should have a say in shaping policies that will impact their digital lives
- Blog
- 16th Nov 2022
Helping users shape their digital world
Who should make decisions regarding governance of a social media platform that connects billions of people?
- Blog
- 7th Nov 2022
Deliberative democracy in action
Deliberative democracy approaches can enable social media users to discuss, negotiate and reach collective views on difficult decisions that shape their own experiences online
- Blog
- 20th Sep 2022
How can citizens shape the future of social media platforms?
An everyday genius of humans is that we collaborate and cooperate to get things done. We share with others our thoughts and values, and they in turn share, support, and challenge. However, this process can also create the conditions for offence, misunderstanding and conflict. Nowhere do we see this more…
- Blog
- 24th Aug 2022
Supporting households through the cost of living crisis
Inflation is running at a 40 year high and the Bank of England forecasts that the UK will enter a recession by the end of the year. Many people across the country are facing enormous pressure, which is only mounting. Tackling this will be a huge policy challenge over the…
- Blog
- 14th Feb 2022
Tinder Swindling: A darker side to Valentine’s Day
Many of us grew up with Hollywood-style dreams of how we might meet our partner - whether that be a chance encounter in a bar, on a long plane journey, or fighting over the last apple in the supermarket. In reality, however, more of us are turning to the internet…