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Amy Binns, The Conversation
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Cambridge Analytica scandal: Calls to #DeleteFacebook won’t make the social network go away
Young people are abandoning Facebook and calls to delete profiles are growing over the alleged exploitation of data for political campaigns.
Amy Binns, The Conversation
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The popularity of ‘honesty apps’ like Sarahah shows how much we desire validation – at any cost
Apps inviting anonymous comments play upon our desire to know our social standing, but are an open goal for bullies.
Amy Binns, The Conversation
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Facebook’s moderation rules prove it’s okay with being a hostile place for women
Comments like ‘little girl needs to keep to herself before daddy breaks her face’ get a free pass in the name of free speech.
Amy Binns, The Conversation
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
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Filmmaker Avinash Das booked for sharing photo of Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer
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