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Technology

How Tech Companies are Combating Terrorist Propaganda

Sam Brake Guia3 years ago

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Roughly 850 people have left the UK to support ISIS, according to the BBC. One of the driving forces behind ISIS’...

Web

Humanitarian aid makes ‘no sense’ while fighting continues in Syria: UN

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The United Nations throws its proverbial hands in the air, citing it makes no sense to send humanitarian aid to Syria...

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How the Iraq war still isn’t over: The upcoming Battle for Mosul

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The Iraq war still isn't over as a US-led coalition plans to conduct a major military offensive five years after...

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US, Russia repeating same mistakes in Syria as in Afghanistan

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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With the US and Russia backing opposite military forces in Syria, they are creating the same mistakes as they did in...

Web

Lebanon in Israel’s crosshairs as Syria’s war bleeds westward

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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With the march of thousands of refugees flowing into Lebanon the war in Syria is moving westward as Israel prepares to battle...

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Big Banking & Oil: Which country do we invade next after Syria?

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The war in Syria is in its 5th year, and it is all part of a global plan to invade...

Web

#PrayForSyria trending worldwide after ‘US-led airstrike kills 60 civilians’

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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#PrayForSyria is rising quickly on Twitter after a US-led airstrike reportedly kills at least 60 civilians in the north of...

Science

Bombs for bullets: Why are mass shooting suspects almost never taken alive?

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Why is it that mass shooting suspects are almost never taken alive? Here we analyze police training, psychological profiles, and...

Social Media

#StopIslam trending on Twitter, mostly condemning anti-Muslim rhetoric

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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While the smoke still hasn't cleared from the attacks in Brussels this morning, #StopIslam is already trending on Twitter, mostly condemning...

Social Media

Hackers ping Islamic State social media accounts to British Govt

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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A group of hackers report that three social media accounts allegedly belonging to Islamic State supporters have been traced to...

Social Media

Proposed social media legislation in terrorist backlash a major privacy concern

Emma Rosser5 years ago

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Lawmakers in the US have proposed legislation requiring social media platforms to report any online terrorist activity amid freedom of...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Randon Heim is the host of “Don’t worry, We’ll talk it out,” a podcast exploring the fundamental concepts that drive how we perceive the world. “The Psychology of a Riot,” “The Black Death: Coronavirus and Race Relations,” and “Ignorance is Bliss: How Anti-Intellectualism Ruined America,” are just a few examples of subjects Heim has covered on his show, but today he joins us to discuss Cancel Culture.

If you are unfamiliar with the term Cancel Culture… well, you are in the right place, but to give you a brief description now, Cancel Culture refers to the act of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies that have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive.

In this episode, we discuss the positive and negative use case of Cancel Culture, how innocent citizens have been impacted by this, and beloved historical figure who could have been impacted by Cancel Culture due to skeletons in their closets.

In addition to the above, since it is impossible to future proof what we say or post against the moral standard of tomorrow, we explore how society’s perception of past comments, pictures, or posts will evolve in time, and what it will take for us to find a healthy relationship with Cancel Culture.