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UK Secretary wants to use London attack as excuse to spy on WhatsApp

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The British Home Secretary says that intelligence agencies should be allowed access to encrypted WhatsApp accounts following the London attack. "We...

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How overreaction to terrorism has far more casualties than attacks alone

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Terrorism has historically been used by its perpetrators to gain a certain reaction or overreaction on the part of governments...

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

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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...

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How Latin America reacts to Paris attacks on social media [Memes]

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The attacks in Paris on November 13 have sent a shock-wave throughout the world, including a maelstrom of reactions all...

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.