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Why Some Diversity Thinkers Aren’t Buying Tech Industry’s ‘Pipeline’ Excuses
by Alina Selyukh The thing about the tech industry and employee diversity reports is they can feel like Groundhog Day: Google, 2014: “Put simply, Google is not where we want to be when it comes to diversity.” Google, 2016: “We … Continue reading
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Tagged business, diversity, employment, facebook, Google, hiring, jobs, Silicon Valley, technology
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‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us.’
By Jay Caspian King On the evening of April 25 at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets, in Baltimore’s revitalized downtown district, more than 100 police officers in riot gear stood shoulder to shoulder, shields up. Six officers on … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, facebook, Ferguson, Freddie Gray, internet, Michael Brown, protests, St. Louis County, technology, twitter
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Facebook project aims to connect global poor
By Lisa De Bode, Reuters, & Al Jazeera Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, announced the launch of Internet.org Wednesday, a project aimed at bringing Internet access to the 5 billion people around the world who can’t afford it. The project … Continue reading
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Tagged cellular, Ericsson, facebook, Internet access, Mark Zuckerberg, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, technology, wireless
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Other Telecoms Fighting to Cash In… on You
By Lynn Stuart Parramore They call it “modernizing the rules.” We call it “cashing in on your privacy.” Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, DIRECTV, and other giant U.S. cable and telecommunications companies are going hard-core with an aggressive anti-consumer agenda … Continue reading
Sanjana Hattotuwa – Using citizen journalism to bear witness to violence
From 2011, stirring and powerful presentation.
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Tagged cellphones, cellular, citizen jounalism, Egypt, facebook, Groundviews, social media, Sri Lanka, technology, Tunisia, twitter, violence
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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
Interesting presentation, considering she’s been extremely lucky by being employed by both Facebook and Google in her career. Some points are valid and others are not.
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Tagged facebook, Google, leadership, Sheryl Sandberg, TED, video, women
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How BET’s ‘The Game’ Launched a Legal War Over a Facebook Page
By Eriq Gardner In January 2011, the television industry was shocked by the success of BET’s premiere of The Game, which had been canceled by The CW two years earlier. The show’s premiere attracted 7.7 million viewers, which led to some examination … Continue reading
Man Posts Drake Lyrics & “Kill All Whites” On Facebook, Gets Arrested For “Terroristic Threat”
By John Del Signore A Far Rockaway man was arrested last week for making a Facebook status update with the hashtag “killallwhites,” which a nervous NYPD interpreted as “making a terroristic threat,” a felony. In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict, … Continue reading
Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance
By Seth Schoen In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance. We’ve been interested for many years in software tools that help people protect their own privacy; … Continue reading
Hip-Hop and the Globalization of ‘Nigga’
By Nicolas B. Aziz In February, popular comedian Lisa Lampanelli (a 51-year-old Italian-American stand-up comedian and Harvard alumna) tweeted a picture of herself with Girls creator Lena Dunham saying, “Me with my nigga @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!!” Interestingly enough, it … Continue reading →