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Philippine Canadian Inquirer Google’s news throttle threat may go down to the wire News

The blocking of Canadian news by social media giant Meta has affected some unlikely media outlets whose primary purpose is not the production of news.

A POWYS-based artist who gained worldwide notoriety for a controversial painting depicting a huntsman being dismembered by a gigantic werewolf, has…

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Maybe Facebook can’t be fixed.

Maybe Facebook can’t be fixed. Did anyone ever think of that? As a whistleblower releases damning information, as Congress holds another hearing into the harm the company does, the implicit assumption is that the social-media giant can be reformed, that with the right combination of algorithmic tweaks and legislative remedies,

Column: The internet has given us the answer to the perils of social media: Kitty cat filters Shannon Casas The internet giveth and the internet taketh away. This past week, it gave us a video of a court proceeding in which one party accidentally had a filter turned on that made him appear as a precious little kitty cat.  You’ve probably seen it by now. If you haven’t, stop reading this column and go find it right now. I haven’t laughed so hard in ...

January 29, 2021 Rod DREHER Though the US has separation of church and state, we have long been accustomed to American Christianity being consonant with American patriotism. But close Christian observers of American life have wondered for the last couple of decades — at least in my experience — if and when the day will come when being a faithful Christian will require one to oppose the US government and the American system. As America de-Christianizes, what was once unthinkable by conserv...