There has been controversy about the impacts on social media platforms like Facebook on our society. For example, our data is being monetized by social media platforms and they are also becoming sources for fake news. Is the good generated by social media worth the negative impact? Also, we don’t understand why kids are taking photos of their foreheads.
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AOC questions Mark Zuckerberg (YouTube)
No one reported New Zealand mosque shooting video
Twitter to ban all political advertising
2020 presidential candidates top $100M in digital ad spending
Elizabeth Warren: Here’s how we can break up Big Tech
TikTok (Wikipedia)
Fake videos of real people with fake Obama (YouTube)
YouTube is demonetizing some LGBT videos
Vine - short video hosting (Wikipedia)
Canadian troops help Newfoundland residents dig out after record blizzard
Cats and the Internet (Wikipedia)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Movie)
The Expanse (TV Show)
Firefly (TV Show)