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On April 25, 2022, Twitter's board of directors accepted Elon Musk's US$44 billion hostile takeover bid. Twitter's statement announcing the deal included comments from the Tesla and SpaceX CEO: "Free speech is the bedrock ...
May 4, 2022
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As an expert in building a safer and fairer internet, Rutgers Assistant Professor Shagun Jhaver long suspected that digital content creators from minority groups suffered disproportionate online harassment. But when he heard ...
May 3, 2022
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It is perhaps a significant concern that internet users willingly and sometimes unwittingly share their personal and private information through online social networks without a second thought for how that information might ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, is expanding its massive $1 billion data center under construction in DeKalb to nearly 2.4 million square feet, putting the college town west of Chicago at the center ...
Apr 28, 2022
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News that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, is buying Twitter has sent the world into a spin, dividing those who advocate for unfettered free speech—like Musk—and those who believe that some platforms wield too much ...
Apr 28, 2022
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In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment ...
Apr 27, 2022
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The world's richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he's not doing it to make money (which is good, because Twitter has rarely turned a profit), but ...
Apr 27, 2022
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In a surprise capitulation, the board of Twitter has announced it will support a takeover bid by Elon Musk, the world's richest person. But is it in the public interest?
Apr 27, 2022
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Coming up with $44 billion to buy Twitter was the easy part for Elon Musk.
Apr 26, 2022
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The World Health Organization urged Twitter to keep working to root out disinformation following Elon Musk's move to buy the social media platform—stressing when it comes to health, good information is "life-saving".
Apr 26, 2022
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