Tag: social media
What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse...
Is your phone really listening to your conversations? Well, turns out it doesn’t have to
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Have you ever chatted with a friend about buying a certain item and been targeted with an ad for that same item the...
Sunday essay: why there’s still something about Byron, beyond Insta influencers and beige linen
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When town planners mapped Byron Bay in 1884 they mistakenly believed Captain James Cook had named Cape Byron after the English poet Lord...
Sunday essay: How can the dead send us emails? The ethical dilemma of digital soul
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Tim Hart was sitting on his couch one evening in November 2011 when he got an email with the subject line: “I’m...
No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others
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The recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In...
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait until there was a riot in the Capitol?
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Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has locked his account, with 88.7...