The risks have less to do with who owns the app than who writes the code and algorithms that make TikTok tick. This isn’t a free speech or free market issue.. it goes way beyond that. Source: TikTok’s Security Threats Go Beyond the Scope of House Legislation – The New York Times Continue reading TikTok’s Security Threats Go Beyond the Scope of House Legislation
The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide ban China does ban every American social media app, so it’s an interesting dilemma. Source: … Continue reading The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app | TikTok | The Guardian
It’s not just a phase. Great article explaining why we have become so fragmented as a nation (social media algorithms enhancing the spread of the most extreme viewpoints of both the right … Continue reading Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid – The Atlantic
[Facebook Whistleblower] Frances Haugen’s suggestion to switch feeds back to chronological order could change everything. Haugen suggested a few remedies, some of which we’ve heard before, such as reforming Section 230 protections against legal action. … Continue reading Here’s a Simple Way to Make Facebook Less Terrible – Bloomberg
The State Department wants to require all US visa applicants, both immigrant and non, disclose their social media handles to the US government, CNN reports. In documents that the department will file to the Federal Register tomorrow, it proposes that nearly every individual applying for a US visa be required to hand … Continue reading US visa applications may soon require five years of social media info
“Some of those who tweeted the photo on Thursday may have made a mistake, thinking the picture they shared was in-context. At least one of them was called out for it and … Continue reading So, What’s Happening in This Photo From the White House?
“But Zuckerberg is evidently in a hurry to get started on the philanthropic phase of his career while he’s still the boss at Facebook. Last year, he created an organization called the … Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg’s audacious plan to control Facebook as he sells his stock, explained
As The Daily Beast reports, the pro-Clinton Super PAC Correct the Record “is pledging to spend $1 million to “push back against” users on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram.” The project claims … Continue reading Hillary Clinton super PAC to ‘correct’ Reddit, Facebook, Twitter
Perhaps you’ll remember when Justine Sacco, a former communications director with IAC, tweeted this: “The internet has a way of taking our evolution-derived instincts and kicking them into hyperdrive. Twitter is like a … Continue reading Science explains why it’s so easy to get sucked into fights on the Internet
“WHAT’S TRUE: A 1998 episode of SNL included a “Schoolhouse Rock!” parody segment called “Conspiracy Theory Rock!” that was dropped from subsequent reruns of the episode.” Here’s a perfect example of … Continue reading Saturday Night Skive
“Bernie Sanders’ new Jewish outreach coordinator is under fire — and reportedly has been suspended — over controversial and profane remarks she made on social media about Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading Sanders’ Jewish outreach coordinator under fire after anti-Netanyahu rant
“Bernie Sanders supporters on Twitter have taken over the medium once again, this time to use Hillary Clinton’s own words to protest her policies.” Hillary’s had it. I think she’s unravelling. She … Continue reading Twitter Just Reacted to Hillary Clinton Flipping Out on Climate Activist
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