Tag: bullying

Published on 16 March

The oxygen of amplification

By wiobyrne , In READ

Report on Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators by Whitney Phillips. The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators Online draws on in-depth interviews by scholar Whitney Phillips to showcase how news media was hijacked from 2016 to 2018 to amplify the messages of hate groups. The Oxygen of…

Published on 15 March

Online activists are silencing us, scientists say

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Researchers say social media activists’ thought-policing is having a chilling effect on pursuing cures for diseases. Advocates on social media are targeting scientists who release studies that don’t fit into their views on the diseases, going so far as to wishing for the demise of their careers because of a research paper. Scientists say it…