social media
Social media and the resistance: Tweeter-in-chief Trump can no longer block critics
May 24, 2018Since taking office, Trump has used his Twitter account to talk politics, intimidate his political critics, and even to reveal sensitive government information that shouldn’t be so readily shared in the public domain.
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Trump hired company that stole personal data from 50 million Americans
March 21, 2018The Cambridge Analytica scandal proves once again that the key question regarding all technology is who controls it and for what purpose.
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“Tragedy Girls”: A twisted tale of millennials, serial killers, and social media
October 19, 2017Tragedy Girls, explores what happens when the desperation for fame and influence drives people to murder for digital acceptance.
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A 1960s activist looks back: Organizing in the pre-Twitter era
March 30, 2017There’s no question social media is transforming the way movements are organized. But technology by itself has never overthrown a tyrant nor seized state power.
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Is Star Wars Episode VII anti-white?
October 20, 2015It would appear that there are some who are not very happy with Abrams wanting to increase the people of color as leads in the Science Fiction odyssey.
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