Audrey Hingle.
Selected Writing
Op-eds and other pieces I’ve written or co-written for Tech Policy Press, Internet Exchange, Mozilla Foundation, and Fast Company.
Ground Up and Spat Out / Janet Turra & Cambridge Diversity Fund / Better Images of AI
Once a quiet piece of internet plumbing, robots.txt is now in the spotlight, write Audrey Hingle and Mallory Knodel. AI has turned this humble file, long used to guide web crawlers for search, research, and more, into ground zero for debates about consent, control, and digital exploitation.
The UK, a global hub for both AI and the arts, struggles to balance tech innovation and protecting a creative sector increasingly threatened by AI trained on copyrighted works.
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If we want an internet that values consent, creativity, and fairness, we need tools that respect the boundaries set by creators, which should be attached to their work. New solutions are emerging, from embedding machine-readable metadata directly into files to new tools and protocols aimed at making consent more portable, persistent, and easier to enforce write Mallory Knodel and Audrey Hingle.
Does bad internet policy have a tell? The Wikipedia Test is a straightforward principle: if your regulation makes it harder for Wikipedia to exist, it's probably not good regulation.
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The images we use to depict AI, from robots, to blue brains and cascading code, are more than just clichés. They shape public understanding, feed myths and undermine meaningful engagement. Better Images of AI is working to change that write Audrey Hingle and Tania Duarte.
What if online platforms were designed to strengthen our social fabric? Audrey Tang—Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador-at-Large, first Digital Minister, and a pioneer of civic tech—and IX’s Audrey Hingle explore how federated platforms can prioritize social cohesion.
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DeepSeek’s success challenges the belief that bigger compute means better AI. Facing chip shortages and export restrictions, it built a powerful reasoning model using reinforcement learning over brute-force scale. Betty Li Hou, Computer Science PhD Student and Machine Learning Researcher at NYU and IX's Audrey Hingle, explore how constraints drove innovation—and what it means for AI’s future.
Meta's announced changes to its content moderation policies in January of 2025 deeply dissappointed me and IX's Mallory Knodel. We explored how various actors could seize the moment to collectively focus on building alternatives that truly serve the communities we both hoped would thrive online.
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New UK rules require “highly effective” age checks for adult content online, but the proposed methods risk undermining privacy, excluding vulnerable users, and expanding surveillance infrastructure.
A few more...
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2021 | What is the digital divide? Mozilla Explains. | Mozilla Foundation Blog
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2020 | Mozilla Foundation Blog
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Misinfo Monday: WARNING Social Media May Contain Misinformation
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Misinfo Monday: Are Algorithms Feeding You Crap? | Cited in Federal Communications Law Journal Volume 74; 2021-2022 Issue 3. Whose Lie Is It Anyway? Holding Social Media Sites Liable for Procedural Election Disinformation
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2020 | You watched ‘The Social Dilemma.’ Read these 11 books next | Fast Company