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Facebook’s Uneven Enforcement of Hate Speech Rules Allows Vile Posts to Stay Up
Facebook's rules supposedly prohibit dehumanization and bullying.
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Stop The News, I Want To Get Off
Fixing Facebook and Defending Democracy
Facebook took money from Russian sources to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.
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No, Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Not Racial Justice Warriors
The relationship between the technology industry and racism has suddenly come under a rare level of scrutiny.
Journalism Is Dying and Content Marketing Is Taking Its Place (I Know Because I Do Both)
Spin is spin, even when it is written by journalists.
How a Poisonous Profit-Culture Is Keeping Us From Innovating for the Betterment of All
Cutting-edge research should be directed towards achieving a decent standard of living for all instead of however the wealthy please or deem appropriate.
Teaching the Roots of Trumpism, One Semester In
Students and educators must resist Trumpism or risk ceding ground to anti-intellectualism, troll culture and xenophobia.
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Neo-Nazi Soldiers in Germany Plot “False Flag” Terrorist Attack to Implicate Refugees
On May 9, a second neo-Nazi soldier was arrested in Germany for plotting to assassinate high-ranking German politicians.
The Hidden Health Gap That Crushes Communities of Color
Millions of Americans of color are secretly, and disproportionately, suffering the effects of a difficult disease.
Crowdsourced Humanitarianism and the Fight for Safe Passage
Social media helped coordinate a volunteer response to the new arrivals on Lesvos — can it be replicated?