What we found there, for an article and an episode of “The Weekly,” went far beyond anything we had anticipated, with important, disturbing lessons for us all.
Tag: Social Media
Ancient Egyptian Yeast Is This Bread’s Secret Ingredient
A self-professed “bread nerd” extracted yeast from 4,000-year-old artifacts to make a loaf of sourdough. “The aroma and flavor are incredible,” he said.
This Bread Recipe Starts With 4,000-Year-Old Yeast
A self-professed “bread nerd” extracted yeast from ancient Egyptian artifacts to make a loaf of sourdough. “The aroma and flavor are incredible,” he said.
The El Paso Shooting Revived the Free Speech Debate. Europe Has Limits.
France and Germany both prize freedom of expression, but history and experience have led them to impose greater limits on speech than in the United States.
Ugandan Academic Jailed for Insulting President on Facebook
Stella Nyanzi, a researcher and activist, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for a post including sexually explicit criticism of President Yoweri Museveni.
Fueling the Hong Kong Protests: A World of Pop-Culture Memes
The protest movement’s cultural touchstones include Japanese anime, “The Hunger Games” and “Les Misérables.”
Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought.
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United States military appear helpless to stop.
5 Things to Know About Military Romance Scams on Facebook
Here’s how victims are hooked, and what Facebook and the United States military say they can (and cannot) do about it.
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised
The social network’s new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
Now There’s an Event to Storm Loch Ness: ‘Find Dat Big Boi’
A Facebook invitation, apparently inspired by a call to storm Area 51 in Nevada, attracted more than 22,000 pledges to seek out the fabled monster.