Ethan Chiel
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Past articles by Ethan:
The Injustice of Algorithms
Prejudice is often coded into software, including tools used by the government. → Read More
A Chat with the Viral "Monopoly Man" Who Trolled the Equifax Senate Hearing
Meet Amanda Werner, financial reform crusader. → Read More
Twitter Will Never Get Better
For years, its users have been clamoring for better tools to curb abuse. But with the tone deaf rollout of a new character limit no one asked for and a refusal to address a certain president's declarations of violence, all signs point to a company that has no idea what it's doing. → Read More
Right Wing Publications Can't Stop Getting Duped By Fake Antifa Accounts
But they're running with their narratives, anyway. → Read More
Silicon Valley Is Committed to Diversity When It's Most Convenient
Google fired James Damore, the engineer who wrote a now famous anti-diversity memo. But the actions of the company—and the Valley—have long told another story. → Read More
Silicon Valley Is Committed to Diversity When It's Most Convenient
Google fired James Damore, the engineer who wrote a now famous anti-diversity memo. But the actions of the company—and the Valley—have long told another story. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg Probably Isn't Running for President.* So What the Hell Is He Doing?
(*at least not yet.) Shy of literally getting yourself off, there's very little that's as onanistic as speculating about whether or not Mark Zuckerberg is going to run for president. Naturally, this means doing so has become sort of a ritual among commentators on Twitter, Facebook, and other esteemed websites. I'm not sitting in judgment. I (and various other technology writers) happen to think… → Read More
Oscar Was Tech's Answer to Health Insurance—Will Trump Destroy It, Or Was It Already Doomed?
In the wake of Obamacare, tech startup Oscar set out to revolutionize the health care industry (“the Uber of health care,” some hailed it!). But with the imminent repeal of many Obamacare policies, Oscar’s future looks grim. → Read More
Oscar Was Tech's Answer to Health Insurance—Will Trump Destroy It, Or Was It Already Doomed?
In the wake of Obamacare, tech startup Oscar set out to revolutionize the health care industry (“the Uber of health care,” some hailed it!). But with the imminent repeal of many Obamacare policies, Oscar’s future looks grim. → Read More
Ethan Chiel
Ethan Chiel is a reporter for Fusion, writing mostly about the internet and technology. You can (and should) email him at ethan.chiel@fusion.net → Read More
Eggheads And Mopheads
Leonard Cohen has no business being the most confusing part of the music video for “In My Secret Life,” but here we are. The song itself is okay. It’s a Leonard Cohen song from 2001 about the past… → Read More
How to make sure the future doesn’t ruin your job
At this point automation is inevitable, but that just means we need to think longer and harder about how we prepare for its consequences. → Read More
Facebook bug tells everyone they’re dead
Whoops! → Read More
Show this post to anyone who says fake news on Facebook isn’t a problem
“The idea that fake news on Facebook…influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a conference Thursday night. → Read More
Here’s how Silicon Valley reacted to Trump’s win
Pre-election, Silicon Valley was not for Donald Trump. Now it has to deal with him. → Read More
How To Protect Yourself From the Surveillance State Under President Trump
You should do this under any leader, but you should really do this under President Trump. → Read More
The internet just had a ridiculously fun time with this hack of Trump’s website
In an apt cyber-ending to an election where nobody really got technology even remotely right, Donald Trump’s website suffered some indignities on election night. → Read More
Watching pro-Trump trolls get a taste of their own medicine is hilarious
Even though it’s still early-ish in the day, there are already some fun examples of what a collective meltdown on 4chan’s heavily pro-Trump /pol/ board might look like if their candidate doesn’t win. → Read More
Trump supporters think the FBI is sending them a secret signal
As Election Day looms like a bulbous monster made of flesh, exit polls, and cable news chyrons, let’s take a moment to appreciate the bizarro ingenuity of some of Donald Trump’s most conspiratorially-minded supporters. → Read More
Almost a fifth of election chatter on Twitter comes from bots
A new study reveals bots are still ubiquitous when it comes to political tweeting → Read More