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Americans are aping the ancient Romans with uncanny style and gusto. Their latest display was on Friday when they shelled out $40 million to watch former YouTube prankster Jake Paul (27) fight boxing legend Mike Tyson (58). This “rigged” spectacle mocked not just the sweet science of boxing but its fiercest former champion. All that’s… Read more.
After all, these agencies failed to stop Russia from effectively installing Trump as its Manchurian president of the United States. Meanwhile, much is being made about the way Russian trolls have been operating for months like moles inside the IT systems not just of the US government but also of the biggest US corporations. But,… Read more.
Twitter: the case for banning political ads Last week, Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter would ban all political ads. The media lionized him. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, said political ads, including manipulated videos and the viral spread of misleading information, presented challenges to civic discourse, ‘all at increasing velocity, sophistication, and overwhelming scale.’ He… Read more.
