Politics

Big Media, Little Media – Democratization of Content Creation on YouTube

July 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Even in 2019, the Internet is still a virtual Wild West with people clamoring to get the best usernames and content up as quickly as possible. Questions of rights and [...]

Queen Elizabeth Posts On Instagram For 1st Time

March 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Queen Elizabeth II posted her first pictures to the photo-sharing platform yesterday to celebrate a new exhibit at the Science Museum in London. The post was an image of an [...]

Facebook Releases More Info On Independent Board For Content Handling

January 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

Last November, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a blueprint for how content should be managed on Facebook. In that blueprint, he expressed plans to build an appeals process with an [...]

Facebook plans to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Why?

January 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Facebook graphical interface is about to become easier to manage. According to a New York Times article on Friday, Zuckerberg wants Facebook to merge the messaging [...]

Facebook Rolls Out Fact-Checking Program in the UK

January 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Social media has been working to eliminate fake news ever since it emerged as a major issue back in 2016. Law-makers have grown increasingly impatient with the issue as well. [...]

YouTuber May Face Charges for Insulting A Dress

December 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Wanchaleom Jamneanphol, A popular YouTuber known as Mixy Bigmouth, might be facing charges in Thailand after she criticized a Miss Universe dress designed by Princess [...]

Facebook Gave Media Giants Like Netflix Special Access to Private Messages

December 19, 2018 // 4 Comments

Facebook has admitted to sharing private user messages with third-party companies, including Spotify. In their blog post, they state: “Did partners get access to [...]

Tumblr Users Log Off Protest Begins

December 17, 2018 // 2 Comments

Tumblr announced a couple weeks ago that today, December 17th, would be the day they would ban Adult Content on their platform. Many users immediately took to Twitter to [...]

Net Neutrality in California

October 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

Recently California Governor Jerry Brown signed S.B. 822, which supports net neutrality protections for citizens of California. The law prohibits ISPs (Internet Service [...]