
Kevin Townsend, 1 October 2020 Although it has the potential to be a powerful democratizing tool, social media can easily become another proxyThe phenomenon that we now call ‘social media’ arguably started around the turn of the millennium with sites like Friends Reunited, at first offering a simple way for the internet to allow old…
Place your bets on him getting banned. Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has publicly called for people who disagree with him to be “lined up against the wall and shot.”But there’s no Big Tech bias, honest!“Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against…
Social media giant Instagram is promoting images of obese people in the name of ‘body positivity’ while refusing to accept healthy eating ads which include photos that show people with well toned bodies.Fitness guru Alex Feinberg tweeted about the issue, noting that an ad campaign for weight loss that showed images of his successful dieting…
Manchester Metropolitan University not allowed to leave. Students at Manchester Metropolitan University were threatened with police action if they didn’t remove signs complaining about draconian lockdown restrictions that were placed in windows at their halls of residence.Students across the city have been placed under a new 2 week lockdown, meaning they are under de facto…