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The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

by Krista Stevens February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

“But Clark is as certain as ever that she and Rockefeller are on the right path in their decade-long quest to get people to buy less.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

This Is Life in the Metaverse

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 11, 2022October 28, 2022

“Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has bet the future of his company on.”

Woman hiding under the blanket, chatting and surfing the internet with smart phone at late night on bed.
Posted inNonfiction

Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline

by Lisa Bubert March 9, 2022October 19, 2022

Think it’s time to get off social media? Then this is the reading list for you.

Posted inQuotes

No Escape from Online Memories

by Carolyn Wells April 12, 2021October 14, 2022

The algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps don’t know when your life changes course — and can keep up a stream of painful memories.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

‘No Single Machine Should Be Able to Control So Many People’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 4, 2021October 19, 2022

Can we survive the social web?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 28, 2020October 19, 2022

” No single machine should be able to control so many people.”

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What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 2, 2020October 19, 2022

“Social media platforms are sucking a generation into a misinformation rabbit hole.”

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Mark in the Middle

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 23, 2020October 19, 2022

“There was no obvious way to placate liberal employees and conservative users at the same time.” Casey Newton reports on the dynamics inside Facebook and shares a series of leaked audio recordings from internal meetings this summer.

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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 15, 2020October 19, 2022

An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 1, 2020October 19, 2022

“The company controls the communications and informational intake of more than two and a half billion people. It can feel impossible to comprehend its total influence—or to overstate its impact on journalism.” Jacob Silverman talks to over a dozen journalists in an attempt to understand what it’s like to cover Facebook.

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