I stopped drinking three months ago – it’s not as simple as the internet makes it look | Ashe Davenport
aAt first glance, sobriety looks clean on social media, but it’s relatively easy to achieve. A quick search for sober motivations includes things like making plans that don’t involve alcohol, spending time with friends who support your choices, trying something new (like mocktails!), and going for a walk. A colorful list of advice will be […]
Biden’s internet crackdown is far worse than you think
Our government believes Americans are suffering from an “information disorder,” and Biden claims there is a cure. The cure comes in the form of the worst censorship America has ever experienced, and the definition of “information failure” is absolutely alarming. “A state in which truth and fact coexist in an environment of misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy […]
Books focused on AI, the internet are finalists for first-ever prize
The Women’s Nonfiction Prize has announced six finalists, including works that deal with the impact of the internet and artificial intelligence. The $38,000 award aims to address gender imbalances in nonfiction publishing and is open to women writers from around the world. The winners of the Fiction and Non-Fiction Prizes will be announced at a […]
Revisit the classic internet before Google ruined it
The web is a painful place these days. Clicking on a random link can lead to a bloated page full of pop-ups, prompts, disclaimers, and intrusive ads. If your page contains useful content, you may have to wade through a swamp of junk to extract it. But even more likely, the random web page you […]
Online lies and internet spin paralyze Congress
As an American journalist, I’ve been threatened with violence, fired, and canceled for anything I’ve written or said on the airwaves since the rise of social media. There’s no way I’ll forget the flood of threats and harassing phone calls I received when my personal contact information was published in WikiLeaks’ data dump of stolen […]
Violent online content ‘unavoidable’ for UK children, Ofcom finds | Internet safety
Violent online content is now ‘inevitable’ for UK children, with many first exposed to it while still in primary school, media watchdog finds did. All of the British children interviewed in the Ofcom investigation said that the incidents ranged from videos of local school and street fights shared in group chats to explicit and extreme […]
QUAY: Kellyanne Conway Shills For Chinese Spy App That Turned Her Daughter Into An Unfilial Internet Prostitute
A bill that could ban the soul-crushing, brain-melting, civilization-destroying Chinese spyware app known as TikTok passed the House with an overwhelming bipartisan majority on Wednesday. This is despite the best efforts of Trump advisor turned corporate executive Kellyanne Conway. multiple meetings With MPs on behalf of her Payroll Director of the Club for Growth. Politico […]
The internet has turned us all into snitches
The idea that we live in a technology-enabled surveillance culture is nothing new. From paranoia about machines, where we suspect they are constantly listening to us (despite research claiming otherwise), to how we express our identities online ( We have long abandoned the concept of privacy, to the point where we have a dysfunctional relationship […]
Dawn Raids on Homes of Suspected Internet Misogynists
BERLIN (AP) – German authorities conducted raids across Germany on Thursday against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online. Police conducted early morning raids in 11 states and questioned 45 suspects, German news agency dpa said. No suspects were taken into custody. The raid was part of the annual Fight Against Misogyny on the […]
Red Sea cables damaged, disrupting global internet traffic
A report says undersea cables in the Red Sea have been damaged, causing “significant” disruption to global communications networks. It was not immediately clear how the cable was damaged, but Yemeni government officials reportedly warned that the Houthi rebels could target the undersea cable. CNNThis has forced internet providers to divert up to 25% of […]