Tag: Facebook
‘Democracy for sale’: Cambridge Analytica & big tech’s history of manipulating...
“So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes.”
Is it time to regulate or nationalize Facebook?
Has Facebook gone from merely being a destination on the internet to something so interwoven in our lives that it should now be considered part of the commons and regulated as such?
Time to ‘break Facebook up,’ Sanders says after leaked docs show...
“As I have been saying the privacy frame is bullshit,” said another critic. “Facebook is all about criminal behavior to monopolize ad money.”
Big tech platforms have had a “profound negative effect on democracy.”...
“People of all political stripes understand that there’s a problem here.”
How this database is tracking and exposing officers’ bigoted Facebook posts
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
Libra: Facebook’s audacious bid for global monetary control
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies. This has now been demonstrated – not in the United...
Stop social media platforms from spreading hateful content
Tell social media platforms to stop the spread of hateful content online.
Facebook hires Koch-funded climate deniers for ‘fact-checking’
Fighting fake news with more fake news is a sure recipe for disaster. Especially during a climate emergency.
‘Zuckerberg must resign now’: Outrage after report shows Facebook let corporate...
"No one should trust Facebook until they change their business model."
Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines
Here we highlight some of the rights challenges that captured the world’s attention this year, illustrating the struggle to secure human rights is far from over.
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The CIA’s illegal plots against Wikileaks and Julian Assange
There should be more sympathy for Assange and the outlet he founded in corporate media.
The general strike of 2021
Corporate America wants to frame this as a “labor shortage.” Wrong.
Discontent by design: The lost world of The West
The Culture of Pleasure sits tightly within and feeds the pervasive Ideology of Consumerism, a socio-economic model that has poisoned the environment and led to the commodification of everything, and everyone.
How feminists can support Afghan women living under the Taliban
Afghanistan’s underlying economic and humanitarian problems, which disproportionately affect women and girls, cannot simply be ignored because of the Taliban’s record.”
How is Covid-19 affecting student learning?
If the pandemic has taught us any lesson, it is that predicting the future is a futile endeavor. But one thing is certain: education is going digital.