The government and private sector are working hard to figure out what’s on your mind. In fact, for the last decade, the Department of Defense has actually been developing amassive simulationfor the purposes of predicting what you — and everyone around you — will do at any particular momen...
Mark Weisbrot, a co-director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research,recentlyslammed Facebook’s decision to work with US government-funded organizations as “Orwellian”—especially given the fact these organizations themselves “specialize in overseas propaganda.” Thus while claiming to fight ...
And a few days ago, Congress interrogated the heads of four of the world’s largest tech companies about a slew of alleged antitrust violations committed in recent years, raising the possibility of more government-mandated breakups in the near future. Last week’s tech antitrust hearing brought...
Levine, Danielle, NOTE: Facebook and Social Networks: the Government's Newest Playground for Information and the Laws That Haven't Quite Kept Pace, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, vol. 33, pp. 481-498.Levine, D. (2011). Facebook and Social Networks: the Government's ...
Facebook is just one of the sites and social media platforms banned by the Chinese government. China controls the content that goes on the internet. As such, it makes decisions on what sites are allowed. Any content that the government considers against the state is banned, deleted, or restr...
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Yes, Facebook is blocked in China. It was first blocked back in 2009 in order to allow the Chinese government to control how its citizens use western social media. Even in 2024, the government continues to crack down on access to “western” media and platforms, continuing to make it hard...
More than other information technology, social media has the potential to improve communication, participation, and collaboration between governments and citizens. The widespread use of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and blogs among citizens has forced government officials to use these technologies to reach...
Ah, Facebook. Everyone's heard of Facebook! Founded in 2004 by then-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg as a way to rank fellow college students, Facebook would quickly become the largest social network on the planet and amass billions of users. The platform
Facebook already seems to know it can't act as Zuckerberg would like when it comes to WhatsApp — witness it backtracking on an ominous change to WhatsApp terms and conditions earlier this year. At this stage, Zuck may be all too happy to have the government take it off its hands, pay...