Thought Did John Bolton sabotage North Korean peace talks? Everything was going so well. North and South Korea participated in the Winter Olympics under a single flag. North Korea destroyed its last known nuclear test site. Kim Jong Un met with South
Thought Afterthoughts on Facebook's Senate testimony: Zuckerberg is a robot, and this is a privacy issue—not a speech issue. Mark Zuckerberg testified today in a Senate hearing about the exposure of upwards of 87 million accounts' sensitive data to Cambridge Analytica and about Russia's potential hijacking of the platform in the 2016
Thought Twitter and Facebook are Hiding the Evidence of Russian Election Meddling Over the course of the 2016 election, Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) published controversial content on both platforms to spread misinformation and spark division in the United States. But there is little evidence of the IRA's efforts left on Twitter and Facebook today.
Government Mental Health Is a Problem, Not a Solution When It Comes to Mass Shootings The mass shooting crisis may be a mental health problem, but improving mental health isn't a practical solution. Instead, let's decrease the availability of guns—and avoid a saturated mental health system and a national thought police.
Short There's a media coverage gap. How will this affect 2020? There is an incredible coverage gap between Trump and every other issue in today's news media. An unscientific poll of the front pages of major news publications indicates that around half of major
Digital The Future of Bitcoin Isn't Bitcoin Better cryptocurrencies exist—cryptocurrencies that were able to learn from Bitcoin's successes and mistakes—and we should use those, instead. Here's why.
Digital Counterarguments to Anti-Net Neutrality Talking Points Net Neutrality is necessary for a free, open, and uncensored Internet. Still, Net Neutrality finds itself under attack. Below is a series of arguments against Net Neutrality created by Reddit user /u/renegade_
Digital Net Neutrality: the Facts, Statistics, and Rebuttals Like most political movements in the twenty-first century, the fight for Net Neutrality is taking place on Twitter. Before embarking on an online crusade of Tweets to save Net Neutrality, though, one needs
Thought The Abridged History of the Federal Negative and Judicial Review Today, the Supreme Court holds the ability to declare any law—state or federal—unconstitutional through its power of judicial review. The framers of the Constitution had other ideas, however: James Madison famously
Donald Trump Election Meddling is Normal, but Collusion Isn't Those who are skeptical towards the Russia scandal often argue that election meddling is nothing new, and they would be right. But Donald Trump's case is fundamentally different; normally, the candidate isn't in on it himself.
Short Presidential Pardons Don't Set Legal Precedent, But They Do Set Social Precedent It's Simple, Mr. President: Don't Pardon Racists. (SHORT) — Just a few hours ago, Donald Trump issued the first pardon of his presidency: Joe Arpaio, an 85 year old former Arizona sheriff charged with
Digital Social Norms in the Digital World The deep integration of social networks within the digital generation has led to the rise of complex new social norms which govern activity both online and offline.
Digital Social Media, Misunderstood Since its inception, social media—and particularly how it shapes and is used by digital natives—has been a topic of interest for academics, parents, and educators alike. As a member of the
Republish Misconceptions of the Digital Generation What follows is an unreleased and discarded excerpt from a book about how digital natives—defined loosely as the generation which was born with instant digital communication—interact with social media, and how
Privacy Facebook Isn't Opt-In For as long as I've known the internet, I've tried to restrain myself from creating a Facebook account. I was successful until recently, when I needed to make an account in order to
Digital The Social Media Paradox It is undeniable that social media has reshaped how we communicate with one another. It has allowed for friends living across the world from one another to remain in close touch, but there
Privacy If Not You, Then Who? It has been awhile since a leak pertaining to suspicionless surveillance has been at the forefront of the mainstream media, but cognizance of the United States' domestic spying activities remain as important, if
