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Recommendations. facebook whistle-blower francis hogan. she's also suggested modifying facebook share function so that people can't automatically amplify the outrage du jour. this isn't censorship, right? it makes more difficult to boost disinformation. that's a good thing given that lies tend to go viral faster than facts. perhaps the biggest reform, beat-back bots with human authentication. as hite says, this one change would wipe out most of hundreds of millions of bots and fake accounts that currently poe absolute the major platforms. it would reduce the likely of threats, rape threats rac...

What happens on twitter doesn't affect real life but it can distort perceptions of reality by amplifying the extremes and undermining our ability to reason together. it brings to mind a new article in "the atlantic" titled why the past years in life has been stupid. its author jonathan hite places a lot of blame on tribal organization on social media and mob mentality. quote, social media is a product of far left and far right. creating a system that looks less like democracy and more ruled by aggression. it's an environment we created and can still fix. the retweet button and the like and sha...

This week, we dive headfirst into free speech, cancel culture, academic freedom, and what role universities play in democracy.

Politics. and that's your "reality check." >> it is so simple, right? it is so simple. and i know in your new digital "reality check," you are explaining why americans are finding themselves on two sides of the extremes. . >> that's right. i tried to dig into the question of the psychology of extremism. what researchers are finding are commonalities between folks on the far right and far left. it's a fascinating conversation with jonathan hite who says this tribalism, teamism, is making us structurally stupid as a nation. go check it out. yeah. that is fascinating. i can't wait to see that. ...

This year's tokyo olympics. this is according to a study by world athletics. it looked at the deluge of disturbing abuse on twitter as female athletes were subjected to sexist, racist, transphobic, and homophobic remarks, plus unfounded doping accusations. many of these posts warranted intervention from social media platforms. and the online abuse of female olympians is just one reason many have been criticizing social media platforms. a facebook whistleblower you'll remember is asking congress to step in and do something, and n then just last week a bipartisan group of ten states attorneys ge...