But now journalists must lobby Facebook to follow suit On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social media platform will no longer accept cash for political or advocacy advertising. The specifics of the policy will be published by Twitter on 15 November, and will be effective from 22 November. It’s a significant move … Continue reading Twitter Takes Accountability for Its Role in Maintaining Democracy
The Cambridge Analytica scandal was an inevitable consequence of human egotism In Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2003, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created an online programme called ‘Facemash’, which allowed users to compare photos of fellow students’ faces and select the one they found more attractive. The programme spread quickly amongst his peers at the university, for … Continue reading Vanity Is At The Root Of Our Global Data Problem
BETH KIRKBRIDE 