GLOBALIZATION + STATECRAFT
Misinformation is about to get so much worse: A conversation with the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Saahil Desai
Cambodia’s prime minister is Zoombombing opposition meetings: Hun Sen’s government, which has shown little hesitation in quashing any sign of dissent, is taking control of user activities on the internet.
ROW
POLITICS
The largest autocracy on Earth: Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way.
Adrienne LaFrance
Why science can't settle political disputes: Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy, based on the belief that science is purified of politics, may be damaging democracy.
MIT Press Reader
DISRUPTION
Bad bosses: What’s wrong with labor algorithms
Knowledge @ Wharton
“When you have an algorithm as a boss, it’s a hard and at times even unforgiving supervisor.” -- Lindsey Cameron
COMMERCE
TikTok now has over 1 billion users: The company reached this milestone just 4 years after its 2017 launch, with its 2018 merger with Musical.ly and pandemic lockdowns accelerating its trajectory.
Ozy Media, once a darling of investors, shuts down in a swift unraveling: NYT reports the digital media start-up had come under scrutiny for its business practices after articles in The Times.
Google search's next phase: Context is king: Google says search is still far from solved.
The Verge
CULTURE
Why are people nostalgic for early-pandemic life? Pandemic fatigue is fueling a bizarre sense of longing.
Morgan Ome + Christian Paz
How Peyton and Eli Manning are changing television: An alternate ‘Monday Night Football’ becomes an instant hit on what was once a dull evening.
Jason Gay
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