Daily Archives: January 15, 2021

The Origins Of Totalitarianism (1951)

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Luke Ford

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (1-21-21) https://t.co/wySZZWlFq3 — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) January 21, 2021 The only way I can understand this book being held in high regard is that it reads like a thriller for a certain type … Continue reading →

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Trolling Journalists and the Risks of Digital Publicity

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Luke Ford

Professor Silvio Waisboard writes in 2020: * Fresno Bee educational reporter Mackenzie Mays became the target of online trolling after she published stories on sex education and teen pregnancy in local schools in early 2018. In one story, she reported … Continue reading →

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Resilience to Online Censorship

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Luke Ford

Political Science professor Margaret E. Roberts writes in 2020: * While the Internet has long been touted as a technology that is difficult to censor, regimes around the world have adopted a wide variety of censorship technologies and online propaganda … Continue reading →

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What is the future of free speech? Are there any positive trends? (1-15-21)

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-foreign-bitcoin-trader-capitol-rioters-20210115-7fml7ojgx5gdxaqvfblxdd4gn4-story.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/jack-dorsey-has-second-thoughts-11610667168?mod=opinion_lead_pos2 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-common-carrier-solution-to-social-media-censorship-11610732343 https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/mexicos-president-vows-to-fight-social-media-censorship/ Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder, https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Google-Blockchain-Economy-ebook/dp/B072NYKG2G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1610744349&sr=1-1

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