Tag Archives: social media

Europe plans to regulate against fake news

More proof of the huge role played by social media in spreading dangerous misinformation occurred last week, when the government of Singapore was forced to order Facebook and Twitter to publish a correction on an issue related to Covid-19.

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More proof of the huge role played by social media in spreading dangerous misinformation occurred last week, when the government of Singapore was forced to order Facebook and Twitter to publish a correction on an issue related to Covid-19.

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Businesses are complicit in Donald Trump’s siege on democracy

In a recent Financial Times article, various business executives expressed deep regret for their “Faustian bargain” with US President Donald Trump.

They should go ahead and express even deeper regret for their contribution to the serious undermining of democracy — not just in the US, but everywhere else.

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Is it too late to stop Facebook from destroying democracy?

Facebook started out by inspiring admiration for its ability to connect people and help them trace down long-lost relatives, former school mates and old flames.

But as it has grown bigger and bigger, Facebook increasingly looks like a black hole that swallows up small businesses, livelihoods, and, in the end, democracy itself.

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As growth gloom deepens, Twitter offers clues to earnings

Investors started last year full of optimism and ended it surrounded by doom and gloom. This year seems to have started in a bleak mood. So how likely is it that it will end on a positive note?

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Protect your friends, delete Facebook

Facebook’s troubles were to be expected. The company’s main ambition has always been to harvest, use and even, in some self-confessed instances, manipulate information about people based on finding out and studying their emotions. To achieve this, it would even turn down business from people who do not want to share their personal details with it.

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