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Teaching Bronx Students the Language of Computers
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 22.2.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, diversity, game, school, youth
Summary | The Bronx is offering their local students computer programming classes - many more than average schools. The students in the Bronx are learning to code so that they can create the technology of the future rather than just consume it. A group of students presented an app they created to investors in Manhattan: it lets users post videos showing police brutality and makes an interactive map of where the incidents happened. Users can also play a game on the app in which they have to avoid ficticious police gun shots.
Image Description | Three male students of color holding a presentation.
Image Tags | male(s)
Obama Shifts Online Strategy on ISIS
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 9.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, law, politics, social media, threat
Summary | President Obama is sending his representatives to California to speak to the major social media platforms in order to find ways to stop ISIS from recruiting new members on social media. The terrorist organization has proven to be very successful on social media and stopping their success on social media is a good proactive measure in defeating ISIS. Removing threatening content from social media however always risks being likened to censorship.
Image Description | Portrait of an Apple representative.
Image Tags | male(s)
Germany springs to action over hate speech against migrants
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 6.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, cyberbullying, Facebook, law, politics, social media
Summary | Facebook has recently decided to comply with German law rather than their own corporate policies when it comes to hate language on their platform contributed by users from Germany. Germany is very strict about prohibiting hate language against minorities. Critics say this is a step in the wrong direction towards censorship.
Image Description | Protest crowd holding a canvas.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text
Facebook's 'ethnic affinity' advertising sparks concerns of racial profiling
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 22.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, Facebook
Summary | Facebook's new feature called “racial affinity" allows marketers to taget specific groups. The feature allows advertisers to categorize users in terms of their interests, but it also categorizes them in terms of related racial groups. The tool is only available in the US and is seen as a tool allowing advertisers to segregate by race.
Image Description | Screenshot of the movie Straight Outta Compton.
Image Tags | male(s)
Taliban app removed from Google Play Store
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Google, social media, threat
Summary | Google Play store removed an app that was developed by the Taliban and that was created as part of a digital campaign by the Taliban to grow its audience. The app gave users access to the Taliban's Pashto website. The group is also trying to maintain constant presence on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of Taliban fighters.
Image Tags | male(s)
Facebook granted patent for post-scanning software that identifies slang before it becomes popular
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, word/writing
Summary | Facebook has been granted a patent for a software that can identify users' new words and slang. Facebook wants to identify those new "cool" words before they become popular and create a glossary of those terms.
Image Description | Hand holding a smartphone displaying the Facebook app, photograph of man's face (nose and mouth), and diagram showing how the new software would work
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), male(s), smartphone
Iranian hackers attack Telegram to find 15 million accounts
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, texting
Summary | Iranian hackers got access to Telegram accounts and got the details of 15 million Iranian users.
Image Description | Telegram logo, photograph of military men running, photograph of two Muslim women taking a selfie, screenshot of a series of tweets
Image Tags | female(s), logo, male(s), selfie, smartphone, Twitter
Facebook already runs your life. Now it is launching a social network for the office
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 10.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | Facebook has already conquered a lot of areas of our lives, but the office is not one of them. However, Facebook just unveiled a new version of Facebook designed entirely for the office. Workers will be able to update their status, post photos and videos, like and comment on posts and chat with co-workers. The goal of the platform is not to kill emails, but eventually that's what might happen.
Image Description | Image of a tablet screen displaying Facebook's "Workplace", schema displaying details of the new platform, iPhone screen displaying a Facebook post, and portrait of Julien Codorniou.
Image Tags | Facebook, male(s), smartphone, tablet
Words are getting shorter due to social media as 'Jomo' and 'mic drop' feature on word of the year list
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | social media, spelling, texting, word/writing
Summary | With social media and texting, it seems that words are getting shorter. For instance, “jomo” stands for the “joy of missing out”; the acronym has been included on the Collins list of words that have seen a significant rise in usage. Other terms are: mic drop, throw shade, sharenting, uberisation, or dude food.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of people cheering, video of Obama dropping his mic, and photograph of Trump smiling
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Are teenagers having less sex – and is social media the reason why?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, research/study, social media, youth
Summary | Teenagers are having less sex; is it because of new media? One theory says that it might be because young people spend more time in their bedroom in front of their screen and less time socializing and getting drunk with friends. The drop in teenage pregnancies is also accompanied by a drop in teenage drinking levels. A US report claims that teenagers spend 9 hours each day on social media, and kids between 8 and 12 spend 6 hours online each day. Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and they even coined the word 'sekkusu shinai shokogun' which means “celibacy syndrome”.
Image Description | Photographs of a boy looking at a tablet, girl wearing sunglasses (we can see the Facebook logo in the reflection), two girls sitting back to back using their smartphone, classroom with students and teacher
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), headphones, male(s), smartphone, tablet
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