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Month: February 2018

State of Georgia says it will regulate the political speech of Delta Airlines

State of Georgia says it will regulate the political speech of Delta Airlines

Of interest – a government body says it will force compliance with the government’s desired speech by using the tax code against companies that do not comply with the government’s desired political speech: Delta and United over the weekend said they would end airfare discounts for an upcoming NRA conference. Georgia’s Lt. Gov Casey Cagle said he’d ‘kill’ any tax law that benefits Delta unless it reinstates its relationship with NRA. Source: Georgia Lt. Gov: Will ‘kill’ Delta tax break…

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Center for Humane Technology

Center for Humane Technology

The Center for Humane Technology is a world-class team of former tech insiders and CEOs who are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our brains. Source: Center for Humane Technology

Is panic breaking out at social media companies?

Is panic breaking out at social media companies?

I logged into Facebook and had a pop up survey from Facebook itself. The survey asked, basically, Is Facebook good for the world? With a ratings scale from strongly agree through strongly disagree. Wow. Keep saying this: It’s not the message, its the medium. What ever happens, social media as we know it is going to change. Whether that means users have to registrar, pay a fee, subject their posts to human and machine-based editorial standards – who knows? What…

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Told you: “Is It Time To Require Identity Verification For Everyone Using Social Media?”

Told you: “Is It Time To Require Identity Verification For Everyone Using Social Media?”

Social media has become weaponized. And, while this weaponization poses serious threats to our country in the long term, the short term threat is to social media itself. …. Some form of identity verification in social media would guarantee that every account is linked to a registered user. Call it a license or a permit or whatever. But each user must register with a real name, a real address, be issued an account number and perhaps a secret code. Not unlike the security…

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