Musk’s Twitter deal stirs fears of abuse in Asia, Middle East
Bangkok, Thailand/Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Elon Musk’s plan to acquire Twitter has alarmed human rights activists in Asia and the Middle East, where social media platforms have been accused of inciting violence. Musk has called himself a free speech absolutist and criticised Twitter’s policy of moderating content. But rolling back such curbs on hate speech […]
Revealing
It’s obvious in our current social media world that we have a problem with trolls. But if trolls knew a little bit more, perhaps they wouldn’t be trolls. PICTURE: Camilio Jimenez/Unsplash For a start, many employers these days check out your social media feeds before employing people. Are you employable? ‘That’s OK, I do my trolling […]
Trolls
It’s obvious in our current social media world that we have a problem with trolls. People showing no restraint, no courtesy, no common decency and saying the most heinous things, because they think they will never be found out. PICTURE: dole777/Unsplash In a twisted way it makes them feel better about themselves to dump on […]
Helpdesk: How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEANNA MATTHEWS, a full professor in computer science at Clarkson University in the US, looks at how social media is being manipulated and what measures you can take to help address the issue…
‘Zoombombing’ comes for houses of worship
Boston, USRNS On Sunday, Alex Merritt was signed in to the Zoom video conferencing app, discussing a Biblical passage with members of his Sunday school young adults group at St David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. Then the trolls attacked. Some began sharing their screens and drawing obscene images over the text the group had […]