China is a fascinating country. Beijing is a modern, bustling city, while there are areas in the countryside that look like they are still in the 12th century. China held the Olympics back in 2008, yet their government is building islands in the South China Sea for unspecified reasons. As Americans, we have an interesting …
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Internet Platforms are Propaganda Machines… but are they to blame?
The digital world is a strange one. We are taught year after year that everything you say online is permanent, that when you press delete it never really goes away. The internet, in all its glory, is an amazing and terrifying place: the possibilities endless, the options infinite. We view the internet as a place …
YouTube Removing Videos Showing Atrocities in Syria: Dangerous to History or Preventing Extremism?
Check out this article from the New York Times on August 22: https://nyti.ms/2vWGX0K Now I pose the original question: What is the right thing to do? There is certainly something to be said about preventing extremists from spreading their propaganda through violent videos because we have already seen how that has increased membership in such …