(2023-03-12). BBC sports broadcaster suspended for violation of 'impartiality' guidelines in a social media post. americanthinker.com Thank goodness for the First Amendment in the states.
(2023-03-12). Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers' Week. dissidentvoice.org Writing festivals are often tired, stilted affairs, but the 38th Adelaide Writers' Week did not promise to be that run-of-the-mill gathering of yawn-inducing, life draining sessions. For one thing, social media vultures and public relations experts, awaiting the next freely explosive remark or unguarded comment, were at hand to stir the pot and exhort cancel …
(2023-03-12). The Digital Tools Unlocking Democracy In Our Cities. popularresistance.org Digitization. It's the threat that modern democracies, and especially cities, must solve — at least according to current dialogues on digital regulation. | Many of the social and political problems our cities face today have been exacerbated by technology. Social media and other digital tools have increased the spread of misinformation and overall weakened public trust in our civic, social and political institutions. Recent developments in virtual reality and artificial intelligence raise new concerns for issues around surveillance, bias, automation and exploitation, especially with increasing public scruti…