Harassment Isn’t a Social-Media Problem—It’s a Strategy
The internet is not an unflawed arbiter of justice, and it should be okay to admit that without invalidating what it has afforded in terms of a platform for the…
At my birth I witnessed my death
and when I die I will see myself be born again
Man tries to claim the Nazis were socialist and gets shut down by a history teacher
'Nazi' is the short name. The full name for the 'Nazi' party was the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" ("Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" in German). The fact that the far-right party…
The Digital Ruins of a Forgotten Future
Second Life was supposed to be the future of the internet, but then Facebook came along. Yet many people still spend hours each day inhabiting this virtual realm.
She Warned of ‘Peer-to-Peer Misinformation.’ Congress Listened.
Renee DiResta has been tracking disinformation on Facebook and other sites since the anti-vaccine movement. Congress turned to her for the grilling of tech executives.
The product Facebook sells is you – Ben Wolford – Medium
Congress and tech companies are eager for an easy PR victory, but requiring advertiser disclosures won’t solve what’s wrong. Innovation for innovation’s sake is wrong. Innovation for shareholder’s sake is…