It started with a “Dude Perfect” video on YouTube. A couple of years ago, when Jack was very interested in basketball, he found these guys who create fun videos about making baskets with all sorts of twists and turns. He continued to watch these videos, even after his interest in basketball waned; and when his interest in
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Ah! It’s a lovely Friday evening. You’ve had a successful work week and now it’s time to have some quiet relaxation. You have a book on the coffee table you’ve been wanting to delve into – but first, a quick glance at social media is in order. Several hours and several videos later, you realize
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A federal judge recently pushed back on Twitter’s legal assertion that the company can ban any user any time for any reason. The case raises interesting practical questions about censorship and social media. Twitter, after all, is hardly the only social media giant using questionable judgment in how it censors users. In Sweden, uproar is
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On Tuesday, the Netherlands joined a growing number of European nations to issue what is referred to as a “Burqa Ban”—a ban on clothing that covers all or part of the face. Various efforts to implement these bans have been met with criticism because of their effect on Muslims who choose to wear either a
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For two decades, prosperity has followed economic freedom for the most economically free territory in the world: Hong Kong. An island lacking natural resources, Hong Kong was added to the British Empire after the Opium Wars and eventually transformed into a hub of Britain’s China trade. Britain’s 99-year lease on Hong Kong expired in 1997,
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Freedom of the press is a crucial component to a virtuous, flourishing society, as Pope Francis affirmed on June 20 when he called for greater liberty for the press. The pope’s comments come six months into the detention of two Reuters reporters by the Myanmar government. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were investigating a
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