This week a violent mob mounted the biggest attack on the Capitol, the seat of American democracy, in more than 200 years, driven by the … Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformedRead more
Antisocial Media
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Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain?
Shayla Love: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Shayla Love. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’re trying to get some work done, and … Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain?Read more
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Truth Cops
The Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of … Truth CopsRead more
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Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age
Tristan Harris Testimony: Americans at Risk: https://humanetech.com/tristan-harris-testifies-on-capitol-hill/
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Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy
Disrupted sleep, lower life satisfaction and poor self-esteem are just a few of the negative mental health consequences that researchers have linked to social media. … Why Social Media Makes People UnhappyRead more
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Should Social Media Stop Trump’s Lies?
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WhatsApp Banned 2.4 Million Indian Accounts in July
WhatsApp banned 2.39 million Indian accounts in July, the highest so far this year, the Meta-owned popular instant messaging app said late on Thursday in … WhatsApp Banned 2.4 Million Indian Accounts in JulyRead more
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Man’s Godgle Search for Meaning
— source scheerpost.com | Mr. Fish | Jan 10, 2022
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The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you have
Twitter and co are shaping your world ‘I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity.” Elon Musk … The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you haveRead more
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Social media is a ‘cancer to democracy’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Facebook a “cancer to democracy” in a tweet on Thursday shortly after the company announced that it was changing its … Social media is a ‘cancer to democracy’Read more