Moderation will always, by necessity, be subjective.
Last week, you may have heard that some Big Tech sites are explicitly allowing users to not only call for the deaths of Russian troops and politicians, but to praise actual violent neo-nazis as long as they’re fighting against Russia. Bear in mind: you can totally oppose Putin, his invasion, and the actions of Russia, […]
Social media is fuelling a trans pandemic
TikTok etc a factor?
Social media flooded with fake accounts
“Fight back against Big Tech”
Discrimination is happening all the time
On Thursday April 15th this year, Dr. Darina Flanagan of NPHET gave evidence to the High Court, in a case which challenged the legitimacy of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. Her evidence was reported by the Irish Times under the headline: “Constitutional rights of women in mandatory quarantine breached, court told”
Right to have opinion
Suppose you went to a party with a group of friends, one of whom is a rather outspoken person we’ll call Ms A. After an hour or so, someone you never met before comes up to you and says, “I couldn’t help noticing that you came here with Ms A. Aren’t you concerned that her […]
In case you’re wondering, the fourth deadly sin in the classical lists of seven sins is envy. Sociologist Anne Hendershott has written a whole book about it—The Politics of Envy—and the editors of the Spring 2021 issue of The Human Life Review excerpted part of a chapter that shows how social media sites such as Facebook and […]
An Irish-American billionaire says he has a €100 million plan to free the internet by building a blockchain-based alternative to Facebook Frank McCourt, a real estate mogul and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, says he is willing to pour $100 million to rebuild the foundations of social media, because he says Facebook and […]