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Opioids like Fentanyl Have Nothing on Social Media like TikTok
Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 7:09 AM
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Media Coverage of Trump’s Indictment: Inciting Violence and Betraying Hypocrisy
Monday, June 12, 2023 at 10:09 PM
The Justice Department plans to arrest Donald Trump tomorrow. And media reporting on his pending arrest is redolent with hypocrisy. Even worse, they are warning about Trump and Republican leaders inciting violence. Yet their coverage is inciting that violence. Of course, Trump has given the media cause to broadcast fears about him inciting violence. That’s… Read more.
Banning TikTok Is about National Security. Quitting Social Media Is About Mental Health
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Yes, TikTok harvests your data. But social media like Facebook and even retailers like Whole Foods and Amazon do too. Banning TikTok? The difference, of course, is that the latter are US companies harvesting data to sell you stuff. Whereas the former is a Chinese company doing so to turn you against your own country.… Read more.
Did Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Play Elon Musk for a Sucker?
Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 12:08 PM
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey played Elon Musk Is the Pope Catholic? Yes, Jack Dorsey played Elon Musk for a sucker. Except that Twitter employees are the ones feeling played. That’s what inspired this headline today in the New York Post: Jack Dorsey source: ‘Everyone at Twitter hates him now’ They blame him for wooing Elon Musk. Because Musk… Read more.
Kanye West, the ‘Jackass’-cum-Cuckold-cum-Antisemite, Becomes Social-Media Outcast
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 6:31 AM
Kanye West (aka Ye) spent much of last summer bullying Pete Davidson, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend, on social media. This, because he could no more accept losing Kim to Pete than Donald Trump could accept losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. But Kanye had the last laugh, which I decried in “Kanye,… Read more.
Pam Anderson Is Latest Celebrity Seeking Attention by Vowing to Quit Social Media
Friday, January 29, 2021 at 7:53 AM
Celebrities vow to quit social media As clickbait goes, celebrities posting tweets pledging to quit social media takes the cake. Pam Anderson is the latest to take the pledge. But in seeking more fame, she just looks lame. Of course, social media platforms are rife with social malignancies, physical dangers, and moral hazards. Thus, if celebrities made public service… Read more.
Boycott Facebook? Ha! (But What About Other Social Media…?)
Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 11:57 AM
Calls to boycott Facebook are becoming pandemic among businesses worldwide. Numerous businesses are pausing their advertising campaigns on Facebook (FB) – and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook – to boycott the company’s policies around what content it moderates and how. The campaign, called ‘Stop Hate for Profit,’ and organized by the NAACP, Color for… Read more.
Coronavirus: Self-Isolation Is Causing a Pandemic of Attention-Seeking Videos on Social Media…
Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 8:39 AM
And far too many people seem willing to forsake all else to ogle every one of them. I thought a silver lining in the coronavirus dark cloud was that stay-at-home orders might force people to reconnect with loved ones. Silly me. Instead, it appears most people are spending their time making videos they think will… Read more.
Testing Social Networks Without ‘Likes’ … Because a ‘Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste’
Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:48 PM
Social networks are running trials in several countries to see what effect “hiding likes” will have on users. Some users opening their Instagram apps will notice a difference in the popular social media site. The number of likes, typically displayed under users’ posts will no longer be visible. … A 2017 study by the Royal… Read more.
Re Your Social-Media Condolences. Thanks, But No Thanks!
Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 6:53 AM
I published a tribute on Tuesday to mark my Bibi’s death. A few of you responded by contacting me directly (via phone, email, or the “Contact” atop this page) to offer condolences. I found this truly comforting and responded in kind. But I gather many more of you responded by publishing condolences on social media.… Read more.