Ayn Rand compares entrepreneurs to Atlas, the Greek god who holds up the world.
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Tech companies’ use of dual-class share structures to keep control in the hands of founders and other insiders gives a handful of people power over enormous swaths of American life.
To click or not to click?
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News organisations are wracking their brains on how to get people to their sites.
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If it hosts the same violent rhetoric that saw Parler forced offline, Trump’s platform may be a short-lived adventure.
Demonstrators shine their cellphones during a protest in St. Louis in 2020.
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A privacy expert says citizens will need to exercise their right to public protest if they want to preserve their privacy.
Facebook’s Oversight Board recently upheld a decision to remove posts using ethnic slurs against Azerbaijanis. Here Azerbaijani troops march during a military parade in Baku in December 2020 in celebration of a peace deal with Armenia.
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The decisions made by Facebook through its content moderators and Oversight Board have significant implications for the exercise of worldwide freedom of expression and speech.
Donald Trump: social media was one of the former president’s main platforms.
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When social media platforms banned Donald Trump they acknowledged that sometimes social good is more important than shareholder profits.
Canada is poised to pass laws aimed at social media companies and harmful online content. Is it the right approach?
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Canada needs to think carefully about our approach to regulating online harm. Rather than going it alone and taking aim at social media companies, Canada should work with other democracies.
The past five to 10 years have seen the rise of artificial intelligence, which is increasingly posing a threat to democracy.
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It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
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Indonesian gay communities dispel stigmas by using four strategies on social media.
Thomas Reevely, 10, takes part in a class meeting in Ottawa, April 3, 2020.
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It is morally unjustifiable for tech companies to walk away from the pandemic with massive profits while schools are burdened with debt.
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Gen X is leading the way in kicking the social media habit. And concerns about an overall ‘internet addiction’ seem overblown.
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People appear to victim-blame celebrities for the abuse they suffer on Twitter.
Women journalists who engage with their audience often experience harassment and ugly comments.
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News organizations are in low repute. To enhance their credibility, they’ve encouraged interaction between their journalists and audience members. Is that the best way to build the public’s trust?
Local stories often find their way into national papers.
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Local newspapers are a key part of the ecology of journalism.
If its services help deliver misinformation to your home, what responsibility does Comcast have for that?
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Cable providers like Comcast carry Fox News and other channels that feed conspiracy theories and lies into Americans’ homes.
How can we keep our personal data safe?
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Companies today collect vast amounts of our personal data. What measures can governments and regulators take to reduce the inherent risks and keep our data?
Facebook’s decision to shut off sharing of Australian news made headlines across the nation.
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The internet of 2021 is not the open public sphere that early visionaries had imagined.
The name “clubhouse” conveys a sense of exclusivity, belonging and connection.
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Social media platform Clubhouse is a buzzy Silicon Valley darling, but its core attribute – audio chat – is unlikely to be a flash in the pan.
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Google, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter have all agreed to a voluntary code of conduct targeting misinformation. But the only real commitment is to appear as though they’re taking action.
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We are unable to fund news organisations in the way we used to.