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April 22, 2019
This Earth Day The Washington Post Magazine used images of burning globes, an illustration of sea levels so high modern apartments resemble Atlantis, and a photo illustration of Marines raising a green flag over Iwo Jima.
And that was just three of…
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April 22, 2019
Logic and identity politics are clashing as tech workers openly question the dogma of diversity.
Quartz reported on an internal conflict at Microsoft as employees accused the tech company of discriminating against Asian and white men. The comments…
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April 22, 2019
Social media platforms have pledged to rid their sites of “hate” and “terrorism.” But after the horrific bombing in Sri Lanka that killed nearly 300 Christians on Easter, they have remained strangely silent.
Officials in Sri…
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April 19, 2019
Columbia Journalism School wants “a new playbook” for journalism in a “1.5 degree world” because “we believe the news business must also transform.” So they’ve handpicked a selection of global warming…
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April 19, 2019
Social media platforms and Big Tech companies have been slowly working to censor content on their platforms more efficiently.
Emma Llanso, Director of Free Expression at the Center for Democracy and Technology, wrote in an op-ed for Wired that the…
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April 19, 2019
Social media companies are going to have to come up with a solution for privacy scandals. Otherwise, the government will do it for them and their bosses won’t like it.
On Thursday, two sources told NBC News that regulators are debating if and…
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April 18, 2019
Big Tech bias hits even at times of major news. After the Mueller Report was released April 18, journalists and pundits took to social media to analyze the findings. But no one would know there was “no evidence of Trump campaign ‘…
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April 18, 2019
Ideological diversity is crucial when it comes to building a well-balanced fact-checking team. But the left won’t accept anyone who isn’t on their side.
Facebook’s controversial fact-checking program announced on April 17 that it…
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April 18, 2019
Chevron’s winning streak in the courtroom against Ecuador over pollution remediation continued in April. So did the liberal media’s silence on the battle.
ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows ignored the story that night. Major papers…
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April 17, 2019
On April 16 cartoonist Ben Garrison announced on Twitter that he had been banned by Instagram for supposedly “violating their terms.” But he said it more likely posting conservative speech Instagram didn’t like.
The…