Court Rules Facebook Can’t Challenge Demands for User Data (and Can’t Tell...
Facebook is not exactly the champion of user privacy, but at least in one case, the company did go to bat for its users. Facebook took New York law enforcement to court over secret warrants that...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Zuckerberg Supports A Universal Basic Income
Every generation expands its definition of equality… Now it’s time for our generation to define a new social contract. We should have a society that measures progress not just by economic metrics like...
View ArticleFacebook Spies on You to Manipulate Your Emotions
Learning through observation is an important trait for humans, and can account for many aspects of why we are a highly advanced species. Just as peers’ behavior influences our own, it should come as no...
View Article3 Crucial Battles in the War of Big Tech
Click each headline to read the full article. 1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From Results Google used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are...
View ArticleCould This be the Beginning of the End for Facebook?
“Facebook is for old people,” I was told by a 17-year-old last week in San Francisco at the Startup Societies Summit. He doesn’t use the social media platform. He’s right too. About half a million...
View ArticleWarning: One of These Monopolies is Going to Control You
Why are governments so interested in breaking up monopolies? To protect the biggest monopoly of all, the government. The American people are skilled mental gymnasts. They can totally agree that...
View ArticleHow You Can Distinguish Fake News from Real News, According to the Expert
What kind of fake news is most damaging? Is it the kind that puts out a conspiracy theory with no evidence? Or is it a headline story that can easily be debunked, designed to ride a wave of viral...
View ArticleCourt Rules Facebook Can’t Challenge Demands for User Data (and Can’t Tell...
Facebook is not exactly the champion of user privacy, but at least in one case, the company did go to bat for its users. Facebook took New York law enforcement to court over secret warrants that...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Zuckerberg Supports A Universal Basic Income
Every generation expands its definition of equality… Now it’s time for our generation to define a new social contract. We should have a society that measures progress not just by economic metrics like...
View ArticleFacebook Spies on You to Manipulate Your Emotions
Learning through observation is an important trait for humans, and can account for many aspects of why we are a highly advanced species. Just as peers’ behavior influences our own, it should come as no...
View Article3 Crucial Battles in the War of Big Tech
Click each headline to read the full article. 1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From Results Google used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are...
View ArticleCould This be the Beginning of the End for Facebook?
“Facebook is for old people,” I was told by a 17-year-old last week in San Francisco at the Startup Societies Summit. He doesn’t use the social media platform. He’s right too. About half a million...
View ArticleWarning: One of These Monopolies is Going to Control You
Why are governments so interested in breaking up monopolies? To protect the biggest monopoly of all, the government. The American people are skilled mental gymnasts. They can totally agree that...
View ArticleHow You Can Distinguish Fake News from Real News, According to the Expert
What kind of fake news is most damaging? Is it the kind that puts out a conspiracy theory with no evidence? Or is it a headline story that can easily be debunked, designed to ride a wave of viral...
View ArticleNo one has ever lost this much money in all of human history
Via Sovereignman.com As you you’ve no doubt seen by now, shares of Facebook plunged around 19% this morning. In fact it was down as much as 25% in after-hours trading, wiping out $120 billion of wealth...
View ArticleThe Real Reason the Government Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable
The villagers are marching with their torches and pitchforks. Big tech companies are in trouble. The government is coming to regulate them. Someone leaked a draft of an executive order from President...
View ArticleHow to Have Power Over the Big Tech Companies (And Still Use Their Products)
Governments are coming for the big tech companies. But governments use big tech’s data too… So obviously they aren’t going to solve the biggest privacy concerns. This is a problem because the main...
View ArticleFacebook Now Automatically Blocks ZeroHedge.com articles
Update 5:15 PM: Sharing ZeroHedge articles now appears to be working again. Perhaps Facebook made another “mistake”… Update 6:00 PM: Some users are still reporting issues with ZeroHedge links they...
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