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A Key Reason Why Our Society Is Polluted With Misinformation Today

February 9, 2025 admin Facebook, Media, misinformation, policy & politics, social media, Twitter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 03:13:45 +0000

I was working on some homework today with my daughter who’s in 2nd grade. It came after a couple of days of trying to figure out how smart people are so effectively fooled by misinformation, and don’t see the threat of massive misinformation networks (i.e., X, Facebook, etc.). The homework … [continued]

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“Zuckerberg Poisons the World — Selling Digital Opioid”

January 23, 2025 admin elon musk, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, social media, Twitter, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:12:25 +0000

Social media often seems minor and harmless, just an app or two on the side for entertainment and learning. Originally, it was supposed to be a wonderful thing that brought the world together. World peace was finally at our fingertips, or at least fun cat videos. Unfortunately, we have learned … [continued]

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Join CleanTechnica on BlueSky!

December 16, 2024 admin bluesky, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, elon musk, smartphone apps, Solar energy, Twitter, wind energy

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:06:08 +0000

Jennifer wrote a great piece about the fragmentation of the EV scene on social media a few weeks ago, pointing out all the challenges associated with getting the right messaging out in a universe of often purposefully biased media. The mass “X-odus” from Elon Musk’s social media platform continues, with … [continued]

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Australia Passes Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16

December 1, 2024 admin consumer technology, Facebook, instagram, Reddit, smartphone apps, Snapchat, social media, tiktok, Twitter, x

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:53:12 +0000

Okay, this isn’t about climate solutions, but it is about tech, and it’s a big story. Australia, in a rapid legislative process, has banned most social media for kids under the age of 16. That includes Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and X. Social media has proven to be quite … [continued]

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It’s No Fun, Watching The EV Social Media Scene Fragment

November 20, 2024 admin bluesky, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, elon musk, smartphone apps, Twitter

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:53:56 +0000

Despite having some bad history on the platform (getting a strange ban in 2023), X/Twitter has still been a useful platform. Not only are there a still a lot of good people on there, but there’s a lot of good information for articles. It has also been very useful for … [continued]

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