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Breitbart Burned the New York Times. And the Times Really Doesn’t Like It…

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They are bad actors. They are driven to suppress legitimate inquiry. They are by no means journalists. And they read Twitter very carefully! Those are the contours of an alarm rung on Sunday by the New York Times. “A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will […]

Law Enforcement Thwarted Three Mass Shootings Last Week in Three States…

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Police thwarted three potential mass shootings in the span of three days late last week, just two weeks after the US saw two devastating massacres that left 29 dead in 13 hours. Cops arrested three men in separate incidents in Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio after receiving tips from the public. The would-be shooters, ages 20 […]

Facebook Has Been Secretly Transcribing Your Conversations…

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Facebook has been clandestinely accumulating written transcriptions of its users’ conversations, which the social media giant recorded through their phone microphones. That’s according to third-party contractors who spoke to Bloomberg about the practice. The contractors said that they were paid to listen in on countless, occasional vulgar conversations among Facebook Messenger users, though the company […]

Radicalization of Kids: A Global Threat by Raheel Raza…

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On July 12, a 13-year-old boy blew himself up in a suicide bombing at a wedding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, killing five people and injuring 40, local officials said. The issue of child radicalization has become a global horror-show. Radicalization is now easy for the extremists, thanks to technology, the new weapon being brandished […]

Facebook’s $5B Fine Blasted by Politicians and Consumer Advocates…

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Politicians in both parties, technologists and even a former Facebook executive blasted the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday for its $5 billion settlement with the social media giant. Critics took aim at the size of the fine, the lack of personal accountability leveled at any Facebook executives, the decision to offer immunity to past privacy […]

How Social Media Is Making Us Dumb, Angry and Addicted…

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A few years ago, I noticed that I really enjoyed reading on airplanes and wondered why. After a bit of reflection, I realized that it was because I wasn’t distracted by the temptation to check a device every now and then, allowing reading to be the kind of immersive experience I once took for granted. […]

Welcome to Social Government…

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How is it that Facebook, who refuses to dox any of the violent Antifa terrorists that use its platform, are happy to give up the personal details of the Facebook user who anonymously uploaded a slowed video of Nancy Pelosi, within minutes, to some rando journalist on the phone? (How do you even call Facebook?) […]

White House to Hold Social Media Summit Amid Trump Attacks…

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The White House will host “digital leaders” for a meeting next month amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Google, Facebook and Twitter. The Social Media Summit set for July 11 will focus on the “opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment,” White House spokesperson Judd Deere said. Deere did not answer questions about who […]

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