(Charles Hugh Smith) If you do a search of shadow banning, you’ll find sites that claim to help you identify whether Twitter or Instagram has shadow banned your account. The basic idea of shadow banning is to spoof the shadow-banned user into believing their public posts are visible to all while in reality the posts are visible only to the user or in some cases to the users’ followers.
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Twitter Can Collect Your Data Even If You Log Out And Delete The App
(Mac Slavo) Twitter is able to track and collect your online activity data even you have chosen to log out and delete their app. This is all thanks to an obscure and hidden setting that can only be disabled by accessing a particular page on Twitter’s website.
Note To Selfie: Drop The Mask
(Karen Roy) What if we all put down our masks? What if we agreed, that there would be no more disguises? What if we allowed each other to be our authentic self? Imagine the effect on Instagram. It boggles the mind.
‘Just the Beginning’: Top Neocon Insider Claims Responsibility for Facebook Purge, Says More to Come
(RT New) A top neocon insider appeared to claim credit for the recent Facebook purge of alternative media and warned that there is more to come.
Study: Instagram Damages Young People’s Mental Health
(Victoria Uwumarogie) A new study from the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK has found that Instagram does the most damage to young people’s mental health when compared to all of the other popular social networking apps currently used. Snapchat is a close second.
No, Facebook is NOT “Private,” Their Censorship Arm is Government Funded
(Matt Agorist) Facebook is not private. They are partnered with a NATO backed think tank to censor their platform that is funded by the US government.
Brain-to-Brain Interface: The Next Gen Social Network
Brain-to-Brain Interface: The Next Gen Social Network
Here’s How China’s ‘Social Credit Score’ Punish And Reward Citizens, And It’s Terrifying
(Daisy Luther) Have you heard about China’s dystopian new “social credit” program? If you haven’t, there’s a terrifying infographic from Bored Panda that I’ll be referencing throughout this article.
The Social Media Paradox: Teens Who Are Always Online Feel More Lonely
(Zoey Sky) According to several studies, there is a link between the length of time teenagers spend on social media and isolation. Teenagers can turn to different social media networks to get a ton of likes and follows, but does this really make them feel less alone?
Exposed: How Google Still Tracks You Even When ‘Location History’ Is Turned Off
(Andrea Germanos) New investigation by Associated Press shows how iPhone and Android users’ location data is still recorded even when they have been misled to believe it isn’t.
Facebook’s Secret “User-Reputation Score” Exposed
(Zero Hedge) In a hideous reflection of China’s already-prevalent ‘Social Credit’ system – which is a rating assigned to each citizen based on government data regarding their economic and social status– The Washington Post reports that Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.
Report Reveals Social Media Giants Holding Secret Meeting to Discuss Upcoming Elections
(RT News) Representatives from America’s tech giants are meeting in private to discuss strategies for countering “information operations” ahead of the midterm elections. The meeting comes amid growing concern over social media censorship.
The Big Social Media Companies Are Being Used As A Weapon To Advance The Agenda Of The New World Order
(Michael Snyder) In 2018, we have seen an unprecedented crackdown on anti-establishment voices on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. When they were first created, these social media platforms were essentially neutral, and they really did greatly contribute to the marketplace of ideas. But now there is a tremendous effort to censor voices that are a threat to the establishment, and in recent months we have witnessed the greatest purge of conservative voices in the history of the Internet. Anything that does not conform to the agenda of the elite is being labeled as “hate speech”, and countless anti-establishment voices have had social media accounts either “shadowbanned” or terminated completely. Needless to say, this could dramatically affect the outcome of the elections in November.
Even One Hour of Social Media Can Contribute to Poor Sleep in Teens, According to Research
(Frances Bloomfield) With social media becoming increasingly popular, various issues have since been linked to its usage. The most recent of these was uncovered by Canadian researchers: They found that spending at least 60 minutes on social media could negatively impact your sleeping patterns. The more you used Facebook, Snapchat, or WhatsApp, the higher your odds of not getting enough sleep.
“Facebook Depression” Surprisingly Common among Middle-aged Adults as They Dwell on What They Don’t Have
(Jayson Veley) A new study suggests that middle-aged people between the ages of 30 and 49 that spend time on social media are more likely than millennials to report mental health problems.