By Christine Persaud
The introduction of Threads opens an interesting conversation around social media. What are the top sites, who uses them and how, which should you join, if any (and what are you missing out on if you don’t?)
by Lee Rickwood
The arbitrary amplification of content through algorithmic manipulation is one of the most worrisome, if not negatively impactful, ways social media platforms cause harm.
By Ted Kritsonis
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a long blog post exclaiming the social network’s new vigour towards building a “privacy-focused communications platform,” but it’s what he hasn’t said that speaks louder.
By Ted Kritsonis
Keeping Facebook’s prying eyes away from not just who you are, but also what you’re doing online, is made a little easier when the right settings are in place.
by Lee Rickwood
Extremely important privacy questions about Facebook’s data sharing being investigated now echo those raised in 2008.
By Ted Kritsonis
Now that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced public scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, the proceedings revealed just how aimless the monolith truly is.
by Lee Rickwood
We may be our own last line of defence against fake news and purposeful social manipulation. That puts our media literacy, cognitive skills and critical thinking abilities to a real test. Severely tested, too, will be our economic skills and abilities. Fake news is cheap; real information and investigative journalism is expensive.
by Lee Rickwood
What if your friend turned out to be a real materialist, ‘only in it for the money’? What if they were constantly pushing you to buy things you may or may not want or even like? Would you still hang out?