[ad_1] “Cases like these raise real concern about whether Apple and other large US corporate entities will bow to growing Chinese demands rather than lose access to more than a billion Chinese consumers,” the letter states. Apple faced pressure to remove the app after China’s government said it allowed “rioters in Hong Kong to go […]
Category: democracy
Apple removes Hong Kong protest app following Chinese pressure
[ad_1] The app, which shares information on the location of pro-democracy protests and police activity in Hong Kong, was slammed by China Daily — owned by the Communist Party of China — for enabling “rioters in Hong Kong to go on violent acts,” adding that Apple has to “think about the consequences of its unwise […]
Social media bots are damaging our democracy
[ad_1] One need only look at the recently reported suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, who had been implicated in an international child sex-trafficking ring investigation, to see the effects of social media bots. Within moments of the announcement, Twitter flooded with conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s suspicious death. Unsourced assertions and hypotheses spread throughout the network faster […]