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Can democracy survive information overload?
[Commentary] The inescapable, overwhelming and disorienting flurry of activity of news, which has become the new normal since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, begs two simple but profound questions: Can democracy survive information overload? And can it survive a president who knows how to use the resulting chaos to dodge democratic accountability?
Why President Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide
President Donald Trump’s decision in recent days to zero in on Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com as his latest Twitter targets has highlighted a severe fracture in American society, a divide between concrete and steel and zeros and ones, a split that is as much philosophical as it is economic, as much about the fraying of communities as it is about the shape of commerce.
Sinclair’s remarkable gaslighting operation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 12:52What if we paid for Facebook — instead of letting it spy on us for free? (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 12:51Margaret Sullivan: The term ‘fake news’ has lost all meaning. That’s just how President Trump wants it. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 12:27Internet service providers and social media companies should help find and stop opioid offers, FDA chief says (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:35The White House won’t admit that President Trump gets ideas from Fox News (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 16:46The loophole that enables Sinclair to own so many TV stations (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 15:20
Facebook says Cambridge Analytica may have accessed data of 87 million users
The Facebook data of up to 87 million people – 37 million more than previously reported – may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the company has revealed. This larger figure was buried in the penultimate paragraph of a blogpost by the company’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, published April 4, which also provided updates on the changes Facebook was making to better protect user information.