A look at the presentiment that social media is bad for society, as some researchers find the fears are overstated and others warn about effects on individuals
There's a general sense that it's bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers. Tweets: @brendannyhan , @kreissdaniel , @sivavaid , @kreissdaniel , @ayshardzn ,...
A look at “creepypasta”, ghost stories such as Slender Man that spread online, and how decentralized myth-making can explain the rise of meme stocks and QAnon
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times : Tweets: @izakaminska , @pkedrosky , @carnage4life , and @svr13 Tweets: Izabella Kaminska / @izakaminska : A cracking Halloween weekend read on @FTAlp...
Study finds that tech companies that made #BlackLivesMatter pledges after George Floyd's murder had 20% fewer Black employees on average than those that didn't
After the murder of George Floyd last year prompted widespread protests, dozens of companies released public pledges to promote racial justice. Tweets: @johnamaechi Tweets: John Amaechi Obe / @johnama...
This year, disinformation about the pandemic, BLM protests, and the election divided the US, with “Plandemic” as a case study of social networks' failures
Disinformation and its fallout have defined 2020, the year of the infodemic. Month after month, self-serving social media companies … Tweets: @janelytv , @newslitproject , @rasmus_kleis , @brucewilso...
A look at the growing tensions between tech investors, company managers, and activist employees, as companies try to limit workplace discussion on social issues
great piece by @nitashatiku that will give you an idea of the snowflakes of Silicon Valley: Coinbase's response to BLM reveals Silicon Valley's reactionary streak - The Washington Post https://www.w...
A deep dive into Signal, whose downloads surged in the US amid BLM protests, as it becomes an app of choice among protesters, dissidents, and journalists
Billy Perrigo / TIME : Tweets: @billyperrigo , @punkt , @time , @nebuer42 , @savukku , and @nnedv Tweets: Billy Perrigo / @billyperrigo : As protests surged around the world this year, downloads of S...
Inside Citizen, a police scanner app whose usage has surged amid BLM protests, as it ponders monetization and continues to tweak its service to address flaws
Boone Ashworth / Wired : Tweets: @kimcrayton1 , @wired , @edzitron , @traceyfutures , @marika_writes_ , and @blackamazon Tweets: @kimcrayton1 : It is my goal to get more folx in TECH to adopt the #ca...
Sources: Dataminr, an official Twitter partner, relayed tweets and other social media posts about BLM protesters directly to police, contrary to earlier claims
particularly Black, Indigenous, and people of color — to further surveillance and state violence. https://twitter.com/... Dell Cameron / @dellcam : A lot of surveillance firms survived the short burst...
Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices
A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …
Data broker Mobilewalla touts tracking BLM protesters' cell data and the locations of evangelicals before 2016 election, and says it has data on 1.6B devices
A data broker that tracked Black Lives Matter protesters also tracked the locations of Evangelical Christians on election …