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Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

1 year 6 months ago
Is the US government allowed to step in to deal with foreign influence on social media or not? According to at least some members of Congress, the answer appears to be “yes, when we dislike what they’re saying, and no when we like what they’re saying.” When the original House bill to “ban TikTok” passed, […]
Mike Masnick

Lunchtime Photo

1 year 6 months ago
This is the last of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park. It's called Spruce Tree House because.......those are spruce trees nearby? All of these dwellings, by the way, were built in the 1200s after Puebloans had been driven from their previous homes by a long and destructive drought in the 1100s.
Kevin Drum

Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

1 year 6 months ago
Jonathan Haidt’s new book, “The Anxious Generation,” has become a NY Times bestseller, and he’s making media appearances basically everywhere you look, telling people that social media has “rewired children’s minds” and that it is uniquely harmful. We’ve talked about Haidt in the past, and especially his ability to consistently cherry-pick and misread the actual […]
Mike Masnick

Self-Destructive College Presidents

1 year 6 months ago
Today on TAP: They are making a fraught situation worse by letting the far right define antisemitism and the necessary campus responses.
Robert Kuttner