All posts summary
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What social media [thinks they] know about us
Social media compiles a dossier on each of us (even we do not belong to the platform) to understand us…Continue reading »
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I am so old, I remember when newspapers were bastions of free speech and expression
Washington Post advocates for social media platforms to censor political speech.Continue reading »
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Twitter censoring even more content, and this time their censorship could kill people
Dr. Scott Atlas put out a tweet with factual information and questions as to why real world data indicates our…Continue reading »
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Social media posts/memes reveal widespread ignorance about Covid-19 and pandemic policies
I did some scanning of social media for "test positive" and found numerous cases of people testing positive for stupidity.…Continue reading »
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Social media meme claims nurses or doctors sent unused Covid-19 tests to lab and they all came back positive
There is a meme going round that a doctor or a group of nurses sent an unused batch of Covid-19…Continue reading »
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True: “We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | TED Talk”
[embed]https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads[/embed]Continue reading »
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Should FB and Twitter be broken up or regulated like a utility?
Twitter and Facebook blocked or suppressed links to stories from the New York Post, a 200 year old U.S. newspaper…Continue reading »
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Journalism: C-SPAN suspends Steve Scully after he admits to lying about an alleged Twitter hack
C-Span's political editor, who was to moderate the 2nd presidential debate, has been placed on indefinite suspension after admitting to…Continue reading »
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Never trust the cloud: “Singapore home cams hacked and stolen footage sold on pornographic sites”
This was inevitable. I have some security cameras that can link to the web. I turned them off whenever we…Continue reading »
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Modern News: “Juicy narratives”,”terrifying yarn”
Today's "news" is "storytelling" and "juicy narratives". In other words, news is so last century. The NY Times finds severe…Continue reading »