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How Big Tech Created a Data ‘Treasure Trove’ for Police

20 July 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Matt O’Brien & Michael Liedtke Associated Press When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of […]

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What is the Internet Doing to Boomers’ Brains?

10 November 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Michael Hobbes Huffpost The last time they spoke, John’s father accused him of being part of the deep state.  They have never exactly gelled politically — John, 38, is […]

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How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online

29 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Dana Mackenzie Knowable Magazine Many people have declared 2020 the worst year ever. While such a description may seem hopelessly subjective, according to one measure, it’s true. That yardstick […]

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Privacy is Power

21 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Carissa Véliz Aeon Imagine having a master key for your life. A key or password that gives access to the front door to your home, your bedroom, your diary, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Incoherence of “Cancel Culture” Accusations

16 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Nicholas Grossman Arc Digital Here’s the critique: You say you value free speech and oppose social penalties for bad speech, but your actions show that you don’t. You value […]

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Synthetic Media: The Real Trouble With Deepfakes

6 April 2020by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine The snapshots above look like people you’d know. Your daughter’s best friend from college, maybe? That guy from human resources at work? The emergency-room […]

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Life Without the Tech Giants

28 February 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Kashmir Hill Gizmodo Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple collectively make products that we love, products that we hate (but can’t stop using), and products that dictate how we […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Tweets as Criminal Assault

24 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Elizabeth E. Joh New Scientist Social media raises tricky questions that judges are beginning to try to answer. It has been found possible to violate a restraining order by […]

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War Goes Viral

21 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Emerson T. Brooking & Peter W. Singer The Atlantic Like most every­thing today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Secret Rules of the Internet

19 April 2016by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Catherine Buni & Soraya Chemaly The Verge Today, YouTube’s billion-plus users upload 400 hours of video every minute. Every hour, Instagram users generate 146 million “likes” and Twitter users send […]

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