It’s a new episode of ConsEUmer, with these topics: 🚲 The “Dutch Cycling Embassy” makes spurious claims 🇪🇺 The EU doesn’t like Facebook’s latest purchase (w/ Yaël Ossowski) 🇮🇹 Italians campaign for the “right to die” 🇬🇪 Georgia is the EU’s free-market neighbour (w/ Zurab Tchiaberashvili) Link to “Dutch Cycling Embassy” post: https://bit.ly/3sqP813 You can […]
My latest article was published on Journal. It can be found HERE. The Chinese app TikTok is the superstar of social media, booming because of its creative potential. However, the platform has also been criticised for its privacy policy and its inability to prevent sexual harassment and cyberbullying. The Luxembourgish government banks on education to fight […]
Avez-vous déjà acheté quelque chose à cause de l’image d’une marque ? Certainement, surtout lorsque l’emballage est très voyant et séduisant. Si nous devions nier que nous répondons à de bonnes publicités, nous pourrions tout aussi bien condamner des millions de départements marketing à l’obscurité, car quelle valeur a le marketing dans un monde d’engourdis. […]
It’s episode numero 8 of ConsEUmer, still hosted by yours truly (@wirtzbill). Guest this week is Brexit expert Alex Braley. In this week’s episode: -> Social media networks ban Donald Trump-> Poland introduces new sugar tax-> UK reviews GMO rules-> Vaccine passports in the making
Artículo original publicado por Bill Wirtz el 4 de Septiembre 2020.Traducción a de Inglés a Español realizada por Ibidem Group.Artículo original en Inglés en http://www.wirtzbill.com The translation was performed by Ibidem Group. Da igual qué ideología política tengas, no se puede negar que las redes sociales están llenas de contenidos horribles: ciberacoso, chantaje, violación de […]
No matter of which political affiliation you are, you should be able to agree on this: there is a lot of awful content on social media. Cyber-bullying, blackmail, violations of personal privacy, antisemitism, or just sheer nonsensical abuse howled at the most innocent tweets, Facebook posts, or Instagram pictures. For a long time, social media […]
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 4. Juni iwwerdroe ginn. Den Donald Trump ass rosen iwwer Twitter, well d’Plattform seng Tweets elo engem “Fact-check” ënnerstellt, also seet op se der Wourecht entspriechen oder net. D’Republikaner mengen elo dass d’Reegele fir sozial Netzwierker solle geännert ginn. Twitter hat ee Link ënnert […]
Dësen Tëscheruff gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf den 3. Mee iwwerdroen. De Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Verschwörungstheorien, Falschnoriichten, Haasskommentarer: Den Internet ass voll mat zweiwelhaftem an eekelhaftem Material. Jiddereen dee Facebook oder Twitter benotzt ass et antëscht gewinnt, an dës Plattformen di sech och schwéier drun, fir de Problem am Grëff […]
I experienced some social media backlash after posting a selfie from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Beyond the usual problem of annoying comments, this experience raises questions about our current social media use.
After his testimony in front of Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned by the European Parliament. Weeks after the invitation, Zuckerberg has now agreed to meet parliamentarians in a private session.
