It seems like no-one is mentioning the dark days of lockdowns. But it’s worth sharing our feelings as we look to an uncertain future.
The real reasons to be worried about men’s quality of life does not mean discussions about equality should become a zero sum game.
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Radical change at Twitter shows how quickly strategies and values can shift in Big Tech. New Zealand needs to be less reliant on overseas solutions for its own digital infrastructure plans.
We often trust corporate logos and symbols without necessarily understanding the legal statutes that govern them.
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Over the past 16 years, Twitter has amassed an incredible amount of user-generated data which contains a detailed and extensive record of cultural moments. Musk’s takeover threatens these archives.
Since its beginnings in 2006, Twitter has grown into one of the most important social networks in the world.
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If Twitter were to go dark, with it would go a valuable source of data as well as a means of sharing information relied on by activists, journalists, public health officials and scientists.
Ghana’s protest culture has grown along with the spread of social media.
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Elon Musk’s new paid verification program resulted in the widespread use of parody accounts by shitposters on the social media platform.
Twitter users who are fleeing to the social media platform Mastodon are finding it to be a different animal.
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The turmoil at Twitter has many people turning to an alternative, Mastodon. The social media platform does a lot of what Twitter and Facebook do, but there are key differences.
Privacy law doesn’t do much to protect you from being photographed in public, but there are nuances.
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Mastodon is open-source software that enables a decentralized social media network. It operates differently from the corporate-owned social media platforms we have become accustomed to.
Mastodon’s decentralized network could be leveraged as a model for future social media.
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With Twitter users considering a relocation to the decentralized social media network Mastodon, there’s an opportunity for the CBC to lead the way in re-imagining online futures for Canadians.
Members of fan communities in China participate in online activities under Chinese surveillance, but some group members are able to leverage censorship to their own ends.