Social media

The fine Facebook just paid was huge, but many in tech say it wasn’t nearly enough to protect your data.

The company must also appoint an independent privacy committee to its board of its directors.

Steve Wozniak doesn’t know if his phone is listening, but he’s minimizing risks.

He says his company would survive even if Instagram disappeared tomorrow.

The design ethicist did not hold back his concerns when talking to political leaders.

These effective strategies can minimize harmful moral grandstanding – in yourself and in others.

The cartoon heard ’round the world and what happened after.

Facebook was careful to say that Libra is not maintained internally and is instead serviced by a non-profit collective of companies.

How do you do justice to the truth in a headline-driven world?

Eli Pariser explains why we can’t just think of civility as being polite to one another.

Can you tell this video is fake?

Jonathan Rauch explains why the internet is so hostile to the truth, and what we can do to change that.

It will take a crack team of scientists, programmers and philosophers to cure the online hate pandemic.

GenTech aren’t happy about how their data is being collected and used.

Moral grandstanding is a vanity project that sabotages public discourse says moral philosopher Brandon Warmke.

Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.

The lost practice of face-to-face communication has made the world a more extreme place.

Just how much is social media use affecting children?

In 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” That’s more true today than ever.

Study finds that readers are still the best judge of fake news and misinformation.

A new experiment aims to remove the psychological pressures of using Instagram.

Why an early Facebook investor is now Facebook’s biggest critic.

IF your goal is to persuade people, that is.

Some are worried this represents an Orwellian move. At heart, it’s not.

The navigation tool has placed a school in the sea, among other things.

This is how data harvesting really works. You’re not going to like it.

Companies refer to like-minded strangers when recommending products to you.

Musican. Actor. Fashion Icon. Internet Visionary?

Former NYTimes executive editor Jill Abramson dissects the big problem with internet news.

Where is your data now? Follow the money.