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The Tumblr Mess

August 12, 2016 // Le Temps - Switzerland - French

Yahoo has just significantly depreciated the value of the microblogging site. The microblogging site proudly proclaims itself “Tumblr, Champion of Blogs” on its homepage.* It may well be a champion, but this champ is no longer worth anything. A few days ago, the Yahoo portal, which acquired Tumblr in 2013 [Read more]

A Country on the Brink of Disintegration

July 20, 2016 // Deutsche Welle - Germany

A Warning on the Trump Phenomenon

June 15, 2016 // Liberty Times Net - Taiwan - Chinese

The Trump phenomenon, as far as Taiwan is concerned, is in hindsight actually not strange at all...

Facebook, Google and Politics

June 5, 2016 // - Brazil - Portuguese

Research proves the power of networks and search engines to manipulate public opinion without it noticing. On the first week in April’s cover of the British magazine, The Economist, Mark Zuckerberg posed like a Caesar, with the earth’s globe at his feet and the motto “coniunge et impera,” “unite and [Read more]

Seven Videos Explain Why Hillary Clinton Is So Polarizing

May 25, 2016 // Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Germany - German

It is no wonder that Trump polarizes with macho talk and suggestions of building a wall with Mexico and not allowing Muslims to enter the U.S ... But why is Clinton so unpopular?

That Is Not Very Nice, Zuck. Nobody Can ‘Like’ Manipulations on Facebook

May 23, 2016 // Veja - Brazil - Portuguese

Antisocial: what they like they show with emphasis; what they don’t, they hide. Let’s start with a promise: no one here is defending the role that restless reporters and well-prepared editors perform in searching for, filtering and disclosing news, an activity also known as journalism, with all its [Read more]

Director of Twitter Greater China from People’s Liberation Army, What a Joke

April 25, 2016 // Huanqiu - China - Chinese

Twitter announced last week that it has appointed Chen Kui as the first China managing director, causing a wave of intense protests among Chinese language Twitter circles. Chen’s self-written resume shows that she is 50 years old, has previously worked at Cisco and Microsoft as a senior officer in the Chinese [Read more]

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