As you know, there is no love lost between Facebook and me over its constant abuse of our privacy. You also know, how I feel about the disingenuous nature of its comments and policies. So perhaps it is good to hear that others are exposing Facebook’s privacy hypocrisy.
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Jenna Wortham is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. A graduate of the University of Virginia, she worked at Wired before joining the Times in 2008 and more recently, the New York Times magazine. Wortham is an important voice on digital culture and new technologies. Introduction Like any popular mass medium, the … Continue reading Jenna Wortham
The New York Times today launched a new website called The Upshot. It is their version of a website that explores explanatory journalism and delves into data-driven journalism. In other words, it is their hybrid competitor to Ezra Klein’s Vox and Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight. First let’s talk about the two new entrants. Vox’s quality pendulum … Continue reading Quick thoughts about The Upshot
Nick Bilton hosted a party and very soon everything that was supposed to be private was on the social web, making him wonder perhaps we ought to do something. You know, a social off switch. Nick asked for my opinion and I shared it with him, via email of course. simply resigned himself to the … Continue reading We need an social off switch
