AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. Our guests for this hour are Jehane Noujaim and Karim … Facebook Is a Crime SceneRead more
Disinformation campaigns launched by politicians created an atmosphere for Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., reminded Facebook … Creation of the atmosphere for Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassinationRead more
Two years ago, ProPublica and The New York Times revealed that companies were posting discriminatory job ads on Facebook, using the social network’s targeting tools … Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers From Seeing Job AdsRead more
Google and Facebook help connect the world and provide crucial services to billions. To participate meaningfully in today’s economy and society, and to realize their … The business model of Google and Facebook threatens human rightsRead more
The research showed that while high achieving students were not affected by the amount of time on Facebook, below average students had significantly lower grades … Quitting Facebook could boost exam resultsRead more
In the middle of October this year, the world’s biggest messaging platform, WhatsApp, started sending out alerts to select users advising them that their security … WhatsApp hack raises global fearsRead more
The recent WhatsApp hacking scandal and the Indian government’s response reminds one of this joke about Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson: they are on a … Who Benefits? The Question Nobody’s Asking in the WhatsApp Hacking CaseRead more
Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp to take over users’ … Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsAppRead more
Jaron Lanier 2 reasons. one is your own good. second is society’s good.
Under the guise of fighting “fake news” and protecting US democracy from “foreign influence,” in 2018 social media giant Facebook established partnerships with the Atlantic … Think Tank Partnerships Establish Facebook as Tool of US Foreign PolicyRead more