Chelsea striker wants stronger action from platformsBelgian understands why some might stop taking the kneeChelsea striker Romelu Lukaku feels there is a need for football to adopt “stronger positions” than just taking the knee, calling for a players’ …
Marcus Rashford to be included in GCSE media studies course
Pupils will learn about footballer’s use of social media to highlight social and race issues he cares aboutMarcus Rashford’s much-lauded use of social media to pursue his campaign against child food poverty and persuade the UK government to expand fr…
フェイスブックの隠された研究結果と、守られない「透明性」という約束
膨大な数のユーザーの個人情報や行動履歴などを収集していることで知られているフェイスブック。これらのデータに基づく研究結果から明らかな問題の可能性が指摘されていたにもかかわらず、対処していなかったことが明らかになった。こうした事実は公表されず、約束してきたはずの透明性は実現できていない。そうした事実から何が読み取れるのか──。『WIRED』US版エディター・アット・ラージ（編集主幹）のスティーヴン・レヴィによる考察。
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Facebook’s latest “apology” reveals security and safety disarray
“Hard to say” who is responsible for platform-wide safety and security.
Rippling launches computer inventory management as more workers remain remote
The dashboard enables businesses to automatically store, ship and retrieve employee computers in a way that is remote and hands-free.
Tumblr’s subscription product Post+ enters open beta after much scrutiny from users
Tumblr is entering open beta for its subscription product Post+, meaning that all U.S. users can now try out the monetization feature. The product launched in closed beta in July, allowing users hand-picked by Tumblr to place some of their content behind a monthly paywall. This marked the first time that Tumblr allowed bloggers to […]
Paralympians bring home gold medals, but we’re failing them on web accessibility
With the internet taking an increasingly central part in our lives, we’re seeing the same exclusionary practices that we experienced — and fought — all those years ago reappearing in a new form.
Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped
A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans who say they get their news from […]
Parish council Zoom star Jackie Weaver: ‘I got a number of emails from “Alan’s iPad” but ignored them’
The councillor on sudden fame and dealing with difficult people, from ‘Alan’s iPad’ to her own motherJackie Weaver, 63, is the engagingly improbable internet star who found herself on a fast track to fame when a Zoom meeting of the Handforth parish cou…
Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites
Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation revealsDozens of the world’s biggest brands, including Nike, Amazon, Ted Baker and Asos, have been advertising on websites that spread Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy th…