Just like companies driving sales by making devices meant to break down and stop working after a few years, it’s Facebook’s hunger for growth and bigger profits that drives …
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Chinese Scammers Enslave Jobless Teachers and Tourists in Cambodia
Cambodia shut its borders when COVID-19 struck, giving rise to new wave of trafficking, with stranded foreign workers and tourists lured into working for fraudulent investment schemes.
Facebook Has Known for While That Instagram Is Bad for Teens Despite Claiming Otherwise
There is ample research about how harmful Instagram is for teen girls, especially around body image. It turns out Facebook’s own research confirms it.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Turn Facebook Into a ‘Metaverse Company’ – What Does That Mean?
The term “metaverse” is used to describe the vision whereby the internet will evolve into a virtual world.
Why Banning Social Media Is Not an Option
While laws are needed to ensure user safety, they need to help uplift and safeguard users instead of empowering the government to regulate speech.
Myanmar Coup: Military Hardens Online Censorship Campaign
For the third time in two weeks, Myanmar's junta has shut off the internet to restrict the flow of information for protesters. A new cybersecurity law would permit officials …
A Bottomless Pit: The Devilish Nature of Doomscrolling
When negativity becomes the norm of life, doomsday arrives everyday.
Why ‘The Social Dilemma’ Won’t Make Me Quit Social Media
The solution to the issues posed by the Netflix film lies not in quitting social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, but in understanding them better.
How the Coronavirus Crisis Is Finally Putting the ‘Social’ Into Social Media
Zoom and other apps have become a virtual lifeline during the COVID-19 crisis. Perhaps the problem isn't the technology but a culture that prioritises profit making over people making.
Redesigning Social Media Platforms to Reduce ‘FoMo’
New research has identified the main triggers of this psychological phenomenon, the contexts in which it happens and the types of fears involved in it.