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Russ White
Russ White has been building and breaking computer networks for over 30 years. His latest book, “Unintended Dystopia,” examines the culture and impact of social media.
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Facebook made the metaverse a kitchen table topic when it changed its name to Meta. What is the metaverse, exactly? It’s a virtual world where you can be Snoop Dogg’s neighbor without physically living next to him — yes, you…
What are we to make of Taylor Lorenz condemning those who challenge her views on social media as universally hateful (to the point of causing her PTSD) while almost simultaneously “outing” the semi-anonymous Libs of TikTok account’s owner? Taylor Lorenz…
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Russ White
| Apr 20, 2022
The entire world is atwitter with Elon Musk’s proposed buyout of Twitter. If Twitter accepts Musk’s proposal, it will allow the free market to ensure a marketplace of ideas in big tech rather than employing big government to do so….