The COVID-19 crisis has taken an enormous human toll, with more than 200,000 Americans having succumbed to the virus, according to government data. So, too, the sweeping government response has wrought both unprecedented economic and public health consequences. Thus, in addition to the obvious health consequences, one major concern posed by the COVID-19 crisis is…
The next several years may be among the most important for the future of free speech since the United States’ founding. The parameters of the United States’ centuries-old debate on the First Amendment are undergoing rapid and irreversible change driven by an explosion in information and communication technology. Before the widespread adoption of social media,…
The official news Twitter of the NYPD confirmed that the popular YouTube gamer and streamer Desmond Amofah, known online as “Etika”, was found by police yesterday evening deceased in New York City’s East River. This ending a 5 day investigation started on June 20th after Amofah uploaded a video to his alternative YouTube channel on…
Critics of America’s online discourse have heightened their objections to what they see as viewpoint bias, hate-mongering, what Bill Clinton once called “the politics of personal destruction,” and questionable content curation by social media companies. Should Social Media Be Regulated? Now some are making calls to impose government regulations to “solve” the problems they see….
“Don’t solve problems.” So advised the late patriarch of management theory Peter Drucker. What could Drucker have meant? Problem-solving is the chief preoccupation and agenda of nearly all business managers and their companies. But when you “solve problems,” as Huawei’s leaders know, you tend to feed your failures, starve your strengths, and sink into costly…
Well, isn’t that the question. I suppose it depends on which metrics or experiences a person values more. Comcast is seemingly plagued by a running poor customer service stereotype. Amazon on the other hand has a better customer service reputation overall. I don’t need sources for either of these claims. You know it and I…
Joe Simonson on December 14, 2018 The media joined Democrats in campaigning against repealing net neutrality. A number of outlets told the public that the internet would fundamentally changed unless the FCC was stopped. One year later, there’s no evidence of any changes. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai received numerous death threats because of his decision…
Net Neutrality’s dead, where’s the apocalypse? On December 14th, 2017 the end of the world was set in motion. That’s what certain activists want you to believe. On that date the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal Net Neutrality, a set of rules which prohibit broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The disconnect between the city and the country is a theme English teachers love to use in order to show the difference in lifestyles our own country has. But there is a real disconnect. As cities are havens of technology and becoming even more interconnected with one another, rural America…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Islamic extremist ideology cannot be allowed to have a “safe space” on the internet in which to grow, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday. “We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed,” said May in a statement. “Yet that is precisely what…