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How Harmful Is Social Media? | The New Yorker
There’s a general sense that it’s bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers.
Facebook Putting Profit Before Public Good, Says Whistleblower Frances Haugen
A former Facebook employee has accused the company of putting profit over the public good, after coming forward as the whistleblower who leaked a cache of internal documents that have placed the tech firm in its worst crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Source: Facebook Putting Profit Before Public Good, Says Whistleblower Frances Haugen | Portside
Mark Zuckerberg’s “Metaverse” Is a Dystopian Nightmare
The Facebook founder intends to usher in a new era of the internet where there’s no distinction between the virtual and the real — and no logging off.
Source: Mark Zuckerberg’s “Metaverse” Is a Dystopian Nightmare
Facebook knows Instagram harms teens. Now, its plan to open the app to kids looks worse than ever | TechCrunch
Facebook is in the hot seat again. The Wall Street Journal published a powerful multi-part series on the company this week, drawing from internal documents on everything from the company’s secretive practice of whitelisting celebrities to its knowledge that Instagram is taking a serious toll on the mental health of teen girls. The flurry of […]
Big Tech’s Censors Come for Science
When we allow private organizations like Facebook, Google, and Twitter to police scientific discourse, we abdicate our commitment to free scientific inquiry.
1848+: The End(s) of History 