Boeing’s Titanium Problem Reveals the Risks of Outsourcing
It often means lower quality, more errors and more cover-ups.
By Zeynep Tufekci
Zeynep Tufekci
Zeynep Tufekci, a New York Times Opinion columnist, writes about sociology and the social effects of technology and has closely examined the impact of and responses to the Covid pandemic. She is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. Her research revolves around politics, civics, movements, privacy and surveillance, as well as data and algorithms.
Originally from Turkey, Ms. Tufekci was a computer programmer by profession and academic training before turning her focus to the impact of technology on society and social change. She has been published widely on the interaction of new technologies with society, science, politics and culture. She is the author of “Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.”
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Zeynep TufekciAn Object Lesson From Covid on How to Destroy Public Trust
Officials should have told us what they knew, or at least leveled with us about what they didn’t know.
By Zeynep Tufekci
Bird Flu Doesn’t Have to Become History’s Most Avoidable Disaster
If we don’t test for H5N1, we won’t find it.
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A Blistering Congressional Hearing Forces Accountability on Covid Origins
It all started with a single FOIA request.
By Zeynep Tufekci
Scarlett Johansson’s Voice Isn’t the Only Thing A.I. Companies Want
They want your data, too.
By Zeynep Tufekci
North Carolina Says Yes to Clowns and No to Cancer Patients
An exemption to a mask ban for medical reasons may soon be eliminated in the state.
By Zeynep Tufekci
Zeynep TufekciI Was Once a Student Protester. The Old Hyperbole Is Now Reality.
Is this what a police state looks like?
By Zeynep Tufekci
Good Luck Isn’t Good Enough to Fight Bird Flu
It took a pair of alert veterinarians to tell the world about H5N1 in cows.
By Zeynep Tufekci
Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
Zeynep Tufekci studied the U.S. response to Covid. Now she’s concerned about the nation’s response to bird flu.
By Zeynep Tufekci and Vishakha Darbha
Zeynep TufekciThis May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans, and We Are Blowing It
“There’s a fine line between one person and 10 people with H5N1.”
By Zeynep Tufekci
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