FBI worries Facebook’s privacy first policy will be a ‘child predator’s dream’
An incredibly sensitive subject -- Facebook is looking to push a privacy first policy with end-to-end encryption, but the FBI...
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Symptoms of shadowbanning on social media for your diagnosis
Shadowbanning is not uniformly defined, but here we show you the symptoms of this cyber affliction, so you can make...
Technology and the loneliness of young generations on Brains Byte Back
We can all relate to feeling alone at some point or another, but for younger generations this is a sensation...
‘Facebook’s Libra is a huge endorsement of the sustainability, capacity of blockchain’
The introduction of Libra by a tech giant like Facebook validates the sustainability of blockchain technology, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research...
The impact of social media on modern protest movements and democracy
As people increasingly turn to platforms like Facebook to organize anti-government movements, it’s important people understand social media’s impact on...
Internet Accountability Project launches to take on big tech’s ‘bad acts’
A former senator is taking a stab at big tech through the non-profit Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to...
Exposing echo chambers to eradicate the plague of propaganda
Five years after Dmytro Potekhin's 48 horrendous days in captivity at the hands of pro-Russian terrorists in Ukraine, the civic activist...
As big tech and govts differ over hate speech, should AI neutralize it?
As big tech platforms and governments have their own policies on hate speech, should society task AI with neutralizing it...
Facebook the accidental philanthropist with Libra?
Surprised to see ‘philantropist’ and ‘Facebook’ in the same sentence? I’m as surprised as anyone, yet I came to write...
State Dept answers FAQs on social media screening visa applicants
The US State Department releases its FAQs regarding the social media screening of visa applicants while addressing those that don't have...
Dissecting Facebook’s ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ removal policy
Facebook announces it has removed dozens of pages and accounts from Iran that were involved in what the social media...
Who discerns what is fake news and why don’t we decide for ourselves?
Governments across the world are implementing policies and practices to control the fake news monster of social media. However, who...
Social media may give millennials anxiety now, but paradigms have a way of shifting
Digital technology has been blasted time and again for causing mental health problems among the millennials and Gen Z’ers. It...
White House wants to hear your experience with online political censorship
The Trump White House is asking people to share their stories of being censored online due to political bias with...
Facebook in crypto-related advertising U-turn
Earlier this week, social media giant Facebook reversed elements of its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency related advertising. Is this...
AR will allow ‘liberation from problems afflicting modern democracies’
Augmented reality (AR) has already become a hit in social media. Those of you who don virtual hats and moustaches...
Scopolamine: an entrepreneur’s hellish tale of unwitting consumption
In this episode of The Sociable Podcast, we share one entrepreneur's tale of shady business partners, drug-fueled partying, and unwittingly...
Is virtual reality the future of social networking?
The VR industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, reaching over $27 billion in 2018. Market analysts predict the worldwide VR market...
DARPA launches Polyplexus social network with 3 tech incubators
DARPA launches a public social network called Polyplexus for research and development, which contains three incubators covering Quantum Machine Learning,...
Are you really buying Facebook’s privacy-focused vision? Op-ed
TheFacebook launched on the exact same day DARPA's LifeLog project was reportedly killed. The vision of LifeLog is congruent with...
