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Big Tech was caught in the political headlights in 2020. As Americans migrated en masse to working at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our ultra-reliance on technology grew. Many of us spent hours working and studying at home, eyes fixated on our screens. We found entertainment on TikTok and Netflix. We relied on good [...] The post What will happen with Big Tech in the Biden Administration? appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
On May 28, 2020, the Stanford Faculty Senate convened to vote on a resolution supporting Stanford’s divestment from fossil fuel companies. The resolution was written by the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) and Fossil Free Stanford, a student group that has been advocating for divestment from fossil fuels since 2012. Hundreds of attendees logged [...] The post Conflict of Interests: Fossil Fuel Money in Environmental Research at Stanford appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
In late February 1954, Arsenal Elementary School in Pennsylvania gained nationwide fame for hosting the first injections of the polio vaccine, which neutered a disease that had paralyzed 50,000 Americans in the year prior. By 1957, American Polio cases were down to three per 100,000, and by 1963, U.S. polio cases were nearly zero. But [...] The post 70% of the World Lives on Less than Ten Dollars a Day. When do they get the Vaccine? appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
minah locked her bike and shuffled up the steps to Cemex Auditorium. Despite finals creeping around the corner, she took a study break to attend her sorority’s biggest philanthropy event of the year, Mr. Alpha Phi. The event was a male beauty pageant with men from a variety of fraternities and clubs performing for the [...] The post Is it time to Abolish Greek Life? An Investigative Look Into Stanford’s Sorority System appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
n August 9th, 2020, it was announced that Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, had won his re-election bid. The results came as no surprise, considering the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” has been in power since 1994. This year, however, the election results were disputed on a scale larger than ever before, escalating [...] The post A New Hope for Belarus? appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
n the wake of the 2020 election, we’ve witnessed the SolarWinds cyberattack by Russian nationals against US infrastructure, deep mistrust of US election fidelity, and an attack on the US Capitol Building spurred on by President Trump’s tweets and a plethora of extreme right social media accounts. Cyberspace has been a fraught place here and [...] The post Protecting Democracy Online: An Interview with Stanford’s Internet Observatory appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
Editor’s Note ur second issue of the year arrives at a difficult time for our school and nation. With over 3000 Americans dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, a country recovering from the invasion of its capitol, and Stanford students once again prohibited from coming to campus, it is easy to despair on the [...] The post Stanford Politics Magazine: January 2021 appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
n the morning of July 25, 2019, former special counsel Robert Mueller sat before the House Intelligence Committee to field questions about the 448-page report his months-long investigation had generated. Appearing for the first time since his appointment as special counsel, reporters from every major media outlet packed into the committee room to hear Mr. [...] The post Stanford Students on Frontline of Online Misinformation Battle appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
As Stanford dives into yet another bustling recruiting season amidst a national reckoning with racial injustice, students are questioning Big Tech’s commitment to racial equality. Technology companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google made waves following George Floyd’s murder, committing more than 1 billion dollars to racial equality efforts. Six months after that tragic [...] The post Big Tech and the Act of Activism appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
n the past decade, technology companies have spent tens of millions of dollars funding academic research surrounding the most pressing regulatory and ethical issues. Google has funded over 329 research papers on technology regulation, antitrust law, and ethical frameworks. “AI Ethics” institutes have been co-founded by Amazon and Facebook. Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and more [...] The post Big Tech, Big Checks: The Role of Tech Giant in Shaping Academic Research appeared first on Stanfo...| Stanford Politics
Stanford Politics is an award-winning, non-partisan student newsmagazine.| Stanford Politics
Read Andrew Granato's cover story for the November 2017 issue of Stanford Politics Magazine.| Stanford Politics
n the past decade, technology companies have spent tens of millions of dollars funding academic research surrounding the most pressing regulatory and ethical issues. Google has funded over 329 research papers on technology regulation, antitrust law, and ethical frameworks. “AI Ethics” institutes have been co-founded by Amazon and Facebook. Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and moreRead More| Stanford Politics
