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Did Big Social Media Kill Traditional Media?
In some ways, traditional media have co-operated with their own demiseThe problems created by new media monopolies won't be resolved by propping up traditional media, any more than modern traffic congestion would be resolved by the horse-drawn wagon.
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Jordan Peterson to Found New Free Speech Platform
Thinkspot is being developed as a free speech alternative to Facebook, YouTube, and PatreonHis proposal coincides with several recent Big Social Media decisions that have raised eyebrows.
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Will Facebook’s New Focus on “Community” Groups Prevent Abuses?
When you look a little closer at the proposal, you will see that the answer is noFacebook's move to a more group-focused interface gives the appearance of stronger privacy and community orientation but the structure and logic of social media ensure that these are appearances rather than realities.
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I spy AI. And AI spies on me…
The true threat posed by AI is the greatly reduced cost and risk of mass surveillance and manipulationSome people are quite sure that the world would be a better place if they knew more about our business and policed it better. Mass snooping creeps up unnoticed and becomes a way of life. Then it explodes.
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Research Showing That Fake News Easily Fools Us Collapses
A recent paper claiming that low-quality news (“fake news”) spreads as quickly on social media as accurate news has been retracted by its authors.
Science Confronts Credibility Issues?
Not to worry, prestigious researchers blame them on social media trolls and bots
AI Social Media Could Totally Manipulate You
Deep learning specialist: And the scary thing is, the AI needed is not especially advancedReaders familiar with The Two Towers will recall that that’s precisely what Worm-Tongue did to Theoden King: The king heard nothing but what was conveyed to him from his would-be overlord by Worm-tongue, until someone separated him, rather forcibly, from his "social medium."
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Is social media the best communications tool that ever happened?
The worst communications tool that ever happened? Or something less comfortable than either?
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We need to be more honest about the addictive nature of the device, for some.
Silicon Valley as a Colonial Power
Irish writer asks us to look more carefully at claims about “liberation”
Giant Google’s Vulnerable Spot
Social media are free because we are both the content and the market