Tag: media platforms

• Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

  August 9, 2020

  It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.Since then,… more ›

• The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived

  August 9, 2020

  But it’s not just QAnon. The strain of living in this particular time, with a dragging, devastating pandemic and a global uprising against police brutality and racial injustice, crashing together… more ›

• What ARGs Can Teach Us About QAnon

  August 9, 2020

  The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory is so sprawling, it’s hard to know where people join. Last week, it was 5G cell towers, this week it’s Wayfair; who knows what next… more ›

• Is QAnon the Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory of the 21st Century?

  August 9, 2020

  In 2019, the F.B.I. cited QAnon as one of the dangerous conspiracy theories posing domestic terrorist threats to the United States and cited past incitements of violence from its adherents.… more ›

• The original Big Tech is working closer than ever with governments to combat coronavirus – with no scrutiny

  August 9, 2020

  The texts can arrive at any time. Recipients are told they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus and must immediately begin a two-week period of isolation. https://thecorrespondent.com/621/the-original-big-tech-is-working-closer-than-ever-with-governments-to-combat-coronavirus-with-no-scrutiny/81373317498-76dea099 more ›

• Instagram ‘censorship’ of black model’s photo reignites claims of race bias

  August 9, 2020

  Hundreds of users fought the platform last week to share the censored photos of Nicholas-Williams under the hashtag #IwanttoseeNyome, while Cameron accused Instagram of a disconnect between its positive statements over… more ›

• TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day

  August 8, 2020

  How did an app designed by two guys in Shanghai managed to run circles around U.S. video apps from YouTube to Facebook to Instagram to Snapchat, becoming the most fertile… more ›

• For Whom the Tok Tiks

  August 8, 2020

  TikTok could persist in many ways in America. None is good. Updated at 11:15 p.m. ET on August 6, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/tiktok-microsoft-china/615007/ more ›

• Spotify’s Daniel Ek Talks Covid-19, Universal Deal, Launching in Russia and Moving Ahead

  August 1, 2020

  Ahead of Spotify’s earnings call for its 2020 second-quarter results on Wednesday morning, the company’s cofounder and CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel got on the phone for a… more ›

• TheirTube

  August 1, 2020

  Theirtube is a Youtube filter bubble simulator that provides a look into how videos are recommended on other people’s YouTube. Users can experience how the YouTube home page would look… more ›