Study finds getting off Facebook leads to better mental health.
Tag: Social Media
Fighting social media hate
When you’re about to make a comment (on social media), ask yourself a very simple question: “Am I doing this out of love, out of a sincere wish for the good of the person or persons I’m addressing?” If not, shut up.
–Bishop Barron
As yet another privacy scandal emerges, it’s high time to delete Facebook
Relearning to read in the Age of Trump
How bots amplify fake news
Heightened bot activity typically signals fake news campaigns. Why aren’t social media companies responding accordingly?
Orwell, prophet
Meritocracy is a lie
A former YouTube star on the illusion of meritocracy.
Millennials were raised to believe in the value of self-expression, but “I think we found out no one gives a shit what we think,” Burnham says. “So we flock to performers by the thousands because we’re the few that have found an audience, and then I’m supposed to get up here and say ‘Follow your dreams,’ as if this is a meritocracy? It is not. I had a privileged life. And I got lucky. And I’m unhappy.”
Ethics Education in Data Science
Revisiting a forgotten (or ignored) topic in IT education. Very relevant in light of the recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica fiasco.
State-sponsored fake news protects corrupt elite
Armies of ‘opinion shapers’” are now used on social media by the governments of 30 countries to support their agendas and attack detractors, according to a report by the nonprofit Freedom House.
What’s the proper response to this?
Data-opolies are bad
Data-opolies like Facebook and Google are bad, bad, bad. Here are all the reasons why.