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February 2021

What will it mean to rediscover in-person socialization in a post-covid world?
With the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine comes an existential question: how hard will it be to switch from online communication back to in-person…
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Oren Weisfeld

January 2021

Big Tech doesn’t care about your political party. They only care about themselves.
President Donald Trump has been deplatformed and Parlor is offline. But don't be fooled: Big Tech is only acting with their own interests in mind.
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Oren Weisfeld
Facebook and a lack of tech regulation are responsible for the insurrection on Capitol Hill
Far-right extremism has always been prevalent in America, but the platforms they use to organize and disseminate misinformation are relatively new.
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Oren Weisfeld

December 2020

Human are turning into cyborgs through wearable technologies
My experience with Apple AirPods led me to realize that the more we depend on wearable technologies, the less agency we ourselves have.
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Oren Weisfeld
How an outdated internet law is helping disinformation spread online today
This is the story of Yury Mosha and how Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 is harming him and his business.
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Oren Weisfeld

November 2020

Biden's Big Tech challenge
President-elect Joe Biden can't afford to be the technocratic president Barack Obama was or the contradictory president Donald Trump was.
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Oren Weisfeld
The technological divide at the heart of our polarization
The medium is the message.
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Oren Weisfeld

October 2020

It’s dangerous to think humans have a destiny outside Earth
The President has otherworldly priorities for a potential second term, but colonizing space is a fantasy used to maintain the status quo.
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Oren Weisfeld
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How social media influences elections
A Q&A with VICE reporter David Gilbert on how disinformation and social media are influencing the 2020 U.S. election.
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Oren Weisfeld
Opening the Amazon black box
Amazon is using machine automation to exert total control over work processes, creating an unsafe and unfair environment for workers.
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Oren Weisfeld
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