Employers can and do monitor employees’ social media content
Employers and do monitor employees’ social media posts – and may use that information in consideration of firing.
Gen Z watching Tiktok
Gen Z is now using Tiktok for online search, plus now watches more Tiktok content than Youtube content. Tiktok is eating into Google search, maps and Youtube, plus Instagram. Youth want more “visual rich” content – fast paced short videos are replacing IG’s still photos, Youtube’s long videos, and Google search results.
UK lawmaker proposes requiring social media companies to give a “truth score” to all users
UK lawmaker proposes requirement that social media companies evaluate and score the truthfulness of every statement made online, and issue a cumulative “truth” score for each individual. What could possibly go wrong?
New York requires applicants to hand over their social media account IDs
Many of recent mass shooters had posted items of concern on social media but none of them had concealed weapons permits. Thus, this would not have stopped any of the recent mass murders. As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their…
Trust in news collapses to historic low
Trust in the news media has fallen to historic lows. The media blames social media and political polarization.
Chinese researchers say they can use AI to measure party loyalty
Researchers in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui say they have developed a device that can determine loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using facial scans. Source: Chinese researchers develop device they say can test loyalty of ruling party members — Radio Free Asia Says it uses facial recognition and emotion detection AI, combined with EEG and other metrics to determine one’s political party loyalty.
The media hyped chaos that did not happen
By midday Monday, fewer than 1,000 flights were delayed in the U.S. Earlier in the weekend, airlines had canceled hundreds of flights while more than 10,000 were delayed. Source: U.S. flight disruptions finally ease as the holiday weekend winds down They spent the past two weeks telling us that airline travel was in total chaos and the 4th of July weekend would be a total meltdown. it was not. They then began lumping “delayed” flights with the “canceled” numbers –…
It is very important that you virtue signal on social media
It is more important than ever that you virtue signal by posting insane photos of yourself “doing everything right” (when it turns out you did everything wrong) on social media. The insanity surrounding Covid knows no bounds.