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We are driven to online participation because “someone is wrong on the Internet”, to tell it like the classic xkcd cartoon, and by the will to prove that we are right. A moral and semantic shift arises when being right stops meaning that the information we contribute is accurate, and starts signifying our inherent righteousness. There is no denying that those very masses described by some as a justice-hungry lynch mob that today rise up against hate speech are not, statistically speaking, immune from racist and HIV/AIDS stigmatizing remarks. For them, the entire Justine Sacco affair can be regarded as a way to reassert some sort of moral upper hand over a random villain.

Pour la séance du 16 décembre 2013 de mon séminaire Étudier les cultures du numérique : approches théoriques et empiriques… read more [Notes] Séminaire EHESS A Dalsuet & S Vial — 'Amitié et manifestation d'autrui : pour une philosophie des réseaux sociaux numériques'

Playlist de 5 vidéos pour le projet Digital Society Forum, où le sociologue Dominique Cardon interviewe Antonio Casilli : une… read more Entretien : Dominique Cardon et Antonio Casilli (Digital Society Forum, 28 nov. 2013)

Depuis quelques jours cette nouvelle fait le tour des Internets. Le contenu des Google Hangouts sous surveillance automatisée ? Mystère… read more Google censure les gros mots : une non-nouvelle [Updated 02.12.13]

2013 is coming to an end, and it’s time to take stock at the (disastrous) state of our digital freedoms…. read more Web Index 2013: the USA join the ranks of Egypt, Kenya and Malaysia for censorship and surveillance

In the last few months, with a small team of dedicated colleagues from Mines Paristech and Telecom Paristech (all belonging… read more Technologies for Political and Social Innovation: Joint Workshop Stanford / ParisTech (Paris, Dec. 3, 2013)

Lundi 18 novembre 2013 à 17h, a eu lieu la première séance 2013/14 de mon séminaire EHESS Étudier les cultures… read more [Slides] Séminaire EHESS : le rôle des visualisations de données dans la recherche sur les cultures numériques

A fairly interesting paper on the use of Twitter spam as a tool to mute political dissent was presented at… read more Spamming social media to mute political dissent: the new face of censorship

Getting ready for Halloween? Looking for a little something to remember the dead while still remaining culturally relevant? Here’s an… read more Four selfies and a funeral

Dans le cadre de la journée de l’axe Culture de l’IIAC (Institut Interdisciplinaire d’Anthropologie du Contemporain, duquel le Centre Edgar-Morin… read more Programme 2013/14 de mon séminaire EHESS 'Etudier les cultures du numérique'