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Texting with 7-year olds
We have grandkids varying in age from 3 to 13. We are lucky that all live nearby and we get together as a group quite often. I was a firstborn, but from observing our grandkids I have come to appreciate … Continue reading
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Twitter bans political ads, but not political discussion
The position of social content services have taken different positions on political ads. Facebook is in even when the ads contain verifiable falsehoods. Interpreted charitably, Facebook does not want to be in the position of assessing factual accuracy. Google and … Continue reading
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Why this Facebook ad
This considerable controversy regarding Facebook’s policies when it comes to the ads each of us is shown. This is controversy is especially acute when it comes to Facebook refusing to block political ads that are widely known to be false. … Continue reading
Donald’s Live Tweets
I see that #realdonaldtrump has made time to follow the testimony of the impeachment inquiry and to “live tweet” his commentary on the testimony. So many things he comes up with strike me as politically naive and/or self-focused. His take … Continue reading
What you get with Facebook – what you prefer to know
The major social media services have recently offered their plans for political ads. Twitter is out. Facebook is in. As I understand the Facebook position, Zuck is arguing that he is pro free speech and suggests that his platform offers … Continue reading
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Read/comment on transcript
Tensions are running high as Democrats and Republicans argue about the Trump impeachment inquiry. The most salient accusation at present concerns the alleged efforts of Trump to extort the cooperation of the Ukrainian government in generating evidence of inappropriate use … Continue reading
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Unfreedom of the Press
I have been reading Mark Levin’s Unfreedom of the Press. If you have read this book or read the review I link here, you probably find my interest rather strange. Levin is at heart a talk show personality with a … Continue reading
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Spin and factual accuracy are a little different
I found this article from Make Use Of to be helpful. It argues that the Spin and Accuracy of different news outlets to reflect different issues. In other words, the factual accuracy of claims made (facts) can be differentiated from … Continue reading
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Shadow War – Jim Sciutto
I became interested in online influence as an adversarial tactic because much of my professional work made use of the Internet as an educational tool. It is impossible to promote this communication tool for influencing others without becoming aware of … Continue reading
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Facebook’s flawed logic on political ads
Zuckerberg’s logic on not fact checking political ads seems to be that Facebook will leave it to other parties to do so. This logic might seem to make some sense, but ignores the way Facebook actually works. Individuals end up … Continue reading
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