Work In Progress

  • A paper on algorithmic amplification and equality in the digital public sphere (email me for a draft).

  • Three paper projects in early stages: (i) one on three contrasting models of the digital public sphere; (ii) one on “soft interventions” and opaque moderation on social media platforms and (iii) one on algorithmic recommendation and personal autonomy.

Scholarly Publications

17. “Doing it for the Lulz.The Ethics of Online Trolling,” In C. Fox and J. Saunders (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Media Ethics (pp. 331-341). London: Routledge. (2023)

16. “Free Speech and the Legal Prohibition of Fake News,” Social Theory & Practice 49(1): 29-55 (2023).

15. Moral Judgement. An Introduction Through Anglo-American, German and French Philosophy. London: Rowman & Littlefield (2022).

14. “Regulating the Spread of Online Misinformation,” In M. Hannon and J. de Ridder (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology (pp. 214-225). London: Routledge (2021).

13. “Disagreement, Epistemic Paralysis and the Legitimacy of Technocracy,” Critical Review 32(1-3): 62-84 (2020).

12. “Kant’s Doctrine of the Highest Good: A Theologico-Political Interpretation,” Kantian Review 25(2): 193-217 (2020).

11. “Political Liberalism and the False Neutrality Objection,” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 23(7): 874-893 (2020).

10. “‘Fake News’ and Conceptual Ethics,” (Discussion Note), Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 16(2): 144-154 (2019).

Reply piece: Joshua Habgoode-Coote, “Fake News, Conceptual Engineering and Linguistic Resistance: Reply to Pepp, Michaelson and Sterken, and Brown,” Inquiry.

9. “Civic Education in the Post-Truth Era: Intellectual Virtues and the Epistemic Threats of Social Media,” In C. Macleod and C. Tappolet, Philosophical Perspectives on Moral and Civic Education: Shaping Citizens and their Schools, London: Routledge (2019).

8. “Propaganda, Misinformation and the Epistemic Value of Democracy,” Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 30(3-4): 194-218 (2018).

7. “Kantian Constructivism and the Normativity of Practical Identities,” Dialogue. Canadian Philosophical Review 57(3): 571-590 (2018).

6. “Émotions négatives et justice sociale,” In P. Savidan, Dictionnaires des inégalités et de la justice sociale, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, p. 454-461 (with C. Tappolet) (2018).

5. “Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and the Normativity Challenge,” Dialogue. Canadian Philosophical Review 55(1): 131-150 (2016).

4. “Les inégalités ethnoculturelles après les théories de la justice,” Revue de métaphysique et de morale  91: 377-398 (with A. Renaut, G.  Lauvau and M.-P. Chartron) (2016).

3. Alain Renaut, Étienne Brown, Marie-Pauline Chartron et Geoffroy Lauvau (Eds.), Inégalités entre globalisation et particularisation, Paris, Presses de l’université Paris-Sorbonne.

2. “Justice ethnoculturelle et autodétermination. Le cas des Autochtones du Canada,” In Alain Renaut et al. (eds), Inégalités entre globalisation et particularisation, Paris, Presses de l’université Paris-Sorbonne, p. 487-504 (2016).

1. “Une justice au-delà des tribunaux ? Finalités et enjeux des Commissions vérité et réconciliation,” In Kora Andrieu et Geoffroy Lauvau (eds.), Quelle justice pour les peuples en transition ?, Presses de l’université Paris-Sorbonne, p. 223-236 (2014).

Public Engagement

  • “La Silicon Valley a besoin d’un organisme de réglementation indépendant,” Op-Ed in Le Devoir, March 31, 2023.

  • Panelist at Quickbites: A Forum for Urgent News (“Twitter: Democracy or Poison Pill?”), College of the Humanities and the Arts, San José State University, December 13, 2022.

  • Written Interview on the spread of misinformation on Elon Musk’s Twitter, SF Examiner, November 3, 2022.

  • Host, “The Ethical Risks of AI Development: A Conversation with Timnit Gebru,” Hammer Theater, San Jose, April 7, 2022.

  • “Alternative to Facebook: Taking the ‘Big’ Out of ‘Big Tech,’” Op-Ed in Newsweek, March 7, 2022.

  • Interview on the role of social media in the 2021 Capitol insurrection, KQED (NPR Bay Area), January 6, 2022.

  • “Facebook is creating a new digital divide,” Op-Ed at the Toronto Star, November 19, 2021.

  • Panelist at the McLaughlin College Union Debate on content moderation on social media, York University, November 11, 2021.

  • Panelist at “Quickbites: A Forum for Urgent News,” College of the Humanities and the Arts, San José State University, November 17, 2021.

  • Written interview on the erosion of trust on social media, San Jose Inside, October 14, 2021.

  • Televised interview on the Facebook whistleblower’s Revelations  at KGO-TV (ABC SF Bay Area), October 5, 2021.

  • “Twitter is not a town-square; we should stop treating it like one,” Op-Ed at the Hill Reporter, September 3, 2021.

  • Podcast interview on the Ethics of Online Interaction, London School of Economics, Ethics of AI Online Masterclass, May 27, 2021.

  • Podcast interview on Democracy and Artificial Intelligence, London School of Economics, Ethics of AI Online Masterclass, May 27, 2021.

  • Televised interview on Twitter’s ban against hate speech at KGO-TV (ABC SF Bay Area), February 15, 2021.

  • Televised interview on Facebook’s campaign against COVID-19 misinformation at KGO-TV (ABC SF BayArea), February 8, 2021.

  • Televised interview on the tech antitrust congressional hearing at KPIX-TV (CBS SF Bay Area), July 29, 2020. 

  • Written interview on contact-tracing apps against COVID-19 in Le Devoir (Quebec), June 10, 2020.

  • Public-facing article on contact-tracing apps against COVID-19, The Conversation (Canadian French edition), June 8, 2020.

  • Televised interview on the automation of food delivery at KTVU-TV (Fox News SF Bay Area), March 13, 2020. 

  • “The Life They Never Chose: On Deciding Whether to Have Children in a Time of Pandemic,” blog contribution to Pensar la Pandemia. Philosophize with a Mask International Project, April 27, 2020. 

  • Virtual conference on fake news and free speech at Speakeasy, March 24, 2020.