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Class #9
Slides below.. Jon
News of the Week; March 13, 2019
DIGITAL Elizabeth Warren Proposes Plan to Break Up Big Tech Elizabeth Warren proposes breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook Here’s how we can break up Big Tech How To Actually Break Up Big Tech SXSWarren: A day later, Elizabeth Warren defends her Big Tech breakup proposal Elizabeth Warren Wants To Break Up Amazon, Google And Facebook; But Does […]
Video before presentation
Here is a short video to watch before my presentation on predictive policing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxvyeaL7NEM
Class #8
Slides below… Jon
Noor’s Journal – First Entry
Composed on 7th of February 2019 When I was reading Why Do People Fall for Fake News? by Gordon Pennycook and David Rand, I was intrigued by their observation on how there are two supposed claims that explain why people perceive news the way they do or rather believe in fake news so comfortably. The first claim supports the […]
News of the Week; March 6, 2019
DIGITAL To Fight Pedophiles, YouTube Disables Comments On Videos Featuring Kids YouTube will disable comments on most videos of kids because of pedophiles YouTube Disables Comments On Tens Of Millions Of Videos Featuring Kids In Effort To Prevent Adpocalypse 2.0 YouTube Bans Comments on Videos With Minors YouTube is demonetizing all videos about Momo Susan […]
Class #7
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News of the Week; February 27, 2019
DIGITAL Digital rights are *all* human rights, not just civil and political: The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights consults with the field Report: US Cyber Command took Russian trolls offline during midterms Does Twitter Have An Anti-Conservative Bias, Or Just An Anti-Nazi Bias? Latest Garbage Twitter/Terrorism Lawsuit Is The Stupidest Twitter/Terrorism Lawsuit […]
Class #6
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News of the Week; February 20, 2019
DIGITAL The U.S. is About to Hit Facebook With a Multi-Billion Dollar Fine: It could be the largest tech fine in history. Facebook may face multi-billion dollar fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook is a law-breaking “digital gangster,” UK government report says It’s time for a “radical shift in the balance of power between the […]