Francesca Musiani's guest appearances

Francesca Musiani

Center for Internet and Society

Državljan D

Aux sources du numérique (ASDN)

Geert Lovink

Marcus Boon

David Perlmutter

David Zweig

Kevin Kelly

Solon Barocas

Peter Lee

Nick Bostrom

Danielle Citron

Martha Nussbaum

Erik Davis

Jacob Silverman

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Julia Powles

David Brin

OwlTail

Francesca Musiani (PhD, socio-economics of innovation, MINES ParisTech, 2012), is Associate Research Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2014. She is Deputy Director of the Center for Internet and Society of CNRS, which she co-founded with Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay in 2019. She is also an associate researcher at the Center for the sociology of innovation (i3/MINES ParisTech) and a Global Fellow at the Internet Governance Lab, American University in Washington, DC. Since 2006, Francesca’s research work focuses on Internet governance, in an interdisciplinary perspective merging information and communication sciences, science and technology studies (STS) and international law. Her most recent research explores, or has explored, the development and use of encryption technologies in secure messaging, “digital resistances” to censorship and surveillance in the Russian Internet and the governance of Web archives. Citizen D advice:  We need political solutions in the field of information society Regulatory measures are needed, since self-regulatory model does not work Critical mass of users and citizens is needed in the field of decentralized tech  More information:  Resistance in Ukraine is also digital – blog post Privacy as Invisibility: Pervasive Surveillance and the Privatization of Peer-to-Peer Systems – article Infrastructuring digital sovereignty: a research agenda for an infrastructure-based sociology of digital self-determination practices – article  About the podcast: Podcast Citizen D gives you a reason for being a productive citizen. Citizen D features talks by experts in different fields focusing on the pressing topics in the field of information society and media. We can do it. Full steam ahead!

Francesca Musiani (PhD, socio-economics of innovation, MINES ParisTech, 2012), is Associate Research Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2014. She is Deputy Director of the Center for Internet and Society of CNRS, which she co-founded with Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay in 2019. She is also an associate researcher at the Center for the sociology of innovation (i3/MINES ParisTech) and a Global Fellow at the Internet Governance Lab, American University in Washington, DC. Since 2006, Francesca’s research work focuses on Internet governance, in an interdisciplinary perspective merging information and communication sciences, science and technology studies (STS) and international law. Her most recent research explores, or has explored, the development and use of encryption technologies in secure messaging, “digital resistances” to censorship and surveillance in the Russian Internet and the governance of Web archives. <h4>Citizen D advice:</h4> <ul> <li>We need political solutions in the field of information society</li> <li>Regulatory measures are needed, since self-regulatory model does not work</li> <li>Critical mass of users and citizens is needed in the field of decentralized tech</li> </ul> <h4>More information:</h4> <ul> <li>Resistance in Ukraine is also digital – <a href="https://scienceblog.com/529755/resistance-in-ukraine-is-also-digital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog post</a></li> <li>Privacy as Invisibility: Pervasive Surveillance and the Privatization of Peer-to-Peer Systems – <a href="https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/download/248/232" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a></li> <li>Infrastructuring digital sovereignty: a research agenda for an infrastructure-based sociology of digital self-determination practices – <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2049850" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a></li> </ul> <h4>About the podcast:</h4> Podcast Citizen D gives you a reason for being a productive citizen. Citizen D features talks by experts in different fields focusing on the pressing topics in the field of information society and media. We can do it. Full steam ahead!

079 Francesca Musiani and the decentralized web

En mars 1989, le physicien passionné d’informatique, Tim Berners-Lee, exposait pour la première fois l'idée de relier des informations grâce à des liens renvoyant les uns vers les autres. Le Web allait ainsi naître, avec la promesse d’un nouvel accès débridé à l’information, aux savoirs et à l’expression. Réduction des libertés, positions dominantes, surveillance de masse, atteintes aux données personnelles, manipulation de l’information, biais algorithmiques, Bitcoin… Trente ans plus tard, force est de reconnaître que l’environnement en ligne et ses dispositifs numériques sont en proie à des dérives qui cristallisent désormais la défiance des utilisateurs. Pourtant, comme dans la vie en société, la confiance est le combustible nécessaire au bon fonctionnement du moteur numérique. Mais alors, qu’est-ce que la confiance à l’ère du numérique ? Comment la garantir ? La transformation numérique de la société a-t-elle modifié notre rapport à cette notion ? À quelles conditions peut-on faire confiance à un service numérique ? À qui faire confiance ? Et comment ? Autant de questions cruciales à la croisée de la philosophie, de la sociologie et de l’éthique que le théoricien du numérique et historien des religions Milad Doueihi et le philosophe normalien Jacopo Domenicucci ont cherché à approfondir au sein d’un programme de recherche de près de trois ans porté par l’éditeur Berger-Levrault et l’École normale supérieure. Des réflexions riches de sens réunies aujourd’hui au sein d’un ouvrage collectif, La confiance à l’ère numérique(Berger Levrault – Éditions Rue d’Ulm, 2018), accueillant les contributions de nombreux chercheurs de tous horizons. Pour l’occasion, nous avons reçu Francesca Musiani, co-auteure d’une contribution sur la confiance et le système Bitcoin, et Jacopo Domenicucci, co-directeur de l’ouvrage. Une rencontre animée par Nicolas Vanbremeersch (Président-fondateur de Spintank) et Henri Isaac (Président de Renaissance Numérique). Bonne écoute !

En mars 1989, le physicien passionné d’informatique, Tim Berners-Lee, exposait pour la première fois l'idée de relier des informations grâce à des liens renvoyant les uns vers les autres. Le Web allait ainsi naître, avec la promesse d’un nouvel accès débridé à l’information, aux savoirs et à l’expression. Réduction des libertés, positions dominantes, surveillance de masse, atteintes aux données personnelles, manipulation de l’information, biais algorithmiques, Bitcoin… Trente ans plus tard, force est de reconnaître que l’environnement en ligne et ses dispositifs numériques sont en proie à des dérives qui cristallisent désormais la défiance des utilisateurs. Pourtant, comme dans la vie en société, la confiance est le combustible nécessaire au bon fonctionnement du moteur numérique. Mais alors, qu’est-ce que la confiance à l’ère du numérique ? Comment la garantir ? La transformation numérique de la société a-t-elle modifié notre rapport à cette notion ? À quelles conditions peut-on faire confiance à un service numérique ? À qui faire confiance ? Et comment ? Autant de questions cruciales à la croisée de la philosophie, de la sociologie et de l’éthique que le théoricien du numérique et historien des religions Milad Doueihi et le philosophe normalien Jacopo Domenicucci ont cherché à approfondir au sein d’un programme de recherche de près de trois ans porté par l’éditeur Berger-Levrault et l’École normale supérieure. Des réflexions riches de sens réunies aujourd’hui au sein d’un ouvrage collectif, <a href="https://www.presses.ens.fr/512-hors-collection-confiance-a-l-ere-numerique-la.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La confiance à l’ère numérique</a>(Berger Levrault – Éditions Rue d’Ulm, 2018), accueillant les contributions de nombreux chercheurs de tous horizons. Pour l’occasion, nous avons reçu Francesca Musiani, co-auteure d’une contribution sur la confiance et le système Bitcoin, et Jacopo Domenicucci, co-directeur de l’ouvrage. Une rencontre animée par Nicolas Vanbremeersch (Président-fondateur de <a href="https://www.spintank.fr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spintank</a>) et Henri Isaac (Président de <a href="https://www.renaissancenumerique.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Renaissance Numérique</a>). Bonne écoute !

La confiance à l'ère numérique – Francesca Musiani & Jacopo Domenicucci (avril 2019)

Derrick Cogburn

Laura DeNardis

It's been a busy summer, having (a) taught an exciting (and sadly timely) new course on Employment Discrimination Law. As a result, Hearsay Culture has taken a bit of a summer hiatus; but, I have a few more shows from the past two months to post. Here's the first, show # 256, May 20, my interview with Francesca Musiani of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Profs. Derrick L. Cogburn of American University's School of International Service (SIS), and Laura DeNardis of American University's School of Communication, co-editors of The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance. Francesca, Derrick and returning guest Laura, along with co-editor Nanette Levinson, have gathered leading scholars and thinkers on the state of Internet operations. This area is critically important as the Internet moves into governance by international, rather than American, organizations. Particularly given the chaotic state of our public discourse, it is essential for policymakers to understand the various forces that operate to expand and constrain the Internet. In our discussion, we covered a range of topics, from Internet governance politics to whether international bodies can take on this complex task. I greatly enjoyed this wide-ranging discussion!	  {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet &amp; Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.}

It's been a busy summer, having (a) taught an exciting (and sadly timely) new course on Employment Discrimination Law. As a result, Hearsay Culture has taken a bit of a summer hiatus; but, I have a few more shows from the past two months to post. Here's the first, show # 256, May 20, my interview with Francesca Musiani of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Profs. Derrick L. Cogburn of American University's School of International Service (SIS), and Laura DeNardis of American University's School of Communication, co-editors of The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance. Francesca, Derrick and returning guest Laura, along with co-editor Nanette Levinson, have gathered leading scholars and thinkers on the state of Internet operations. This area is critically important as the Internet moves into governance by international, rather than American, organizations. Particularly given the chaotic state of our public discourse, it is essential for policymakers to understand the various forces that operate to expand and constrain the Internet. In our discussion, we covered a range of topics, from Internet governance politics to whether international bodies can take on this complex task. I greatly enjoyed this wide-ranging discussion! 	 {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet &amp; Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. For more information, please go to <a href="http://hearsayculture.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://hearsayculture.com</a>.}

Francesca Musiani, Derrick Cogburn and Laura DeNardis - Hearsay Culture Show #256 - KZSU-FM (Stanford)