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'Snowden' filmmaker Oliver Stone warns Pokemon Go is creating a totalitarian world filled with robot-like people
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 22.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, privacy, smartphone, social media, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The game Pokemon Go has become so popular that it has overtaken major social media in number of active users. Oliver Stone spoke about the smartphone phenomenon as 'a new level of invasion' that could potentially lead to totalitarianism and a culture of surveillance. Internet giants are tracking everyone's online behavior, especially through the game Pokemon Go.
Image Description | Photograph of Oliver Stone, photograph of three male children looking at their smartphone, photograph of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and photograph of Edward Snowden
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Teenage Days, Streamed For Coins
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 7.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | smartphone, social media, video communication, virtual reality, youth
Summary | 15-year-old Bryce Xavier is a star on Live.ly (a live streaming app). Bryce spends every day among a virtual crowd of fans (mostly teenage girls). For instance, he can broadcast his lunch at Olive Garden with his mom. Bryce became very popular on the platform; as a consequence, he dropped out of school and started homeschooling so that he would have enough time for Live.ly. Live streaming has become popular because it is seen as more authentic than other social media platforms. Despite many advantages, the platform can also render human interaction shallow.
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Where's Humanity in the Digital Fun House?
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | social media, virtual reality
Summary | Sotheby, the auction house, is better known for its exhibitions of contemporary art. The gallery currently shows artists who rely on digital technology and who talk about the future of technology and the role that humans will take. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, visitors can see a strange sculpture that represents a 21st-century memorial where there is a screen showing social media posts of a young man who was killed in a roadside hit-and-run. This sculpture was the catalyst for the Sotheby's show. The sculpture is supposed to preserve dead people's online presence through virtual reality.
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