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University Professor Gets in Facebook Argument w/ Students; Tries to Get Them Fired

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck A history professor at a major university has gone after the jobs and campus leadership positions of students she disagreed with during as Facebook argument. The professor who pulled this stunt is reportedly being considered for a dean’s position at her employer, Texas State University. One…

Ivy League Study Comes To Surprising Conclusion About Politics On The Internet
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Ivy League Study Comes To Surprising Conclusion About Politics On The Internet

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman People who use the internet more often are less likely to be politically divided, contradicting the popular belief that the web definitively perpetuates polarization, according to a new study. Trying to decipher what is exactly causing the apparent growing schism in contemporary politics, researchers at Stanford University…

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Google Bans 200 Publishers Partly Due To ‘Fake News’ Policy

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Google booted 200 publishers from its advertising network partly due to the outcry of fake news spreading throughout the Internet. Google announced Wednesday that it reviewed 550 sites in roughly two months, and took action against 340 of them for violating policies. Two-hundred publishers were kicked out…

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One Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked, Company Breaks Own Record

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One Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked, Company Breaks Own Record By Eric Lieberman One billion Yahoo user accounts were hacked two years ago, marking yet another unfortunate milestone for the tech corporation. “We believe an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts,” Chief Information Security Officer Bob…

Facebook Co-Founder & Fmr CTO Concerned About Internet Attack On Election Day

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by Jonah Bennett Facebook’s co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer tweeted their worries Sunday evening that the election Nov. 8 could be disrupted by a major internet attack. Adam D’Angelo, former CTO of Facebook, tweeted out Sunday that there is a “Good chance of major internet attack Nov 8th. Many groups have the ability and incentive….

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Jill Stein: We Need To Study the Effects of Wi-Fi on Children

ByElias J. Atienza

Stein Was Bashed For Her Answer By: Elias J. Atienza Green Party nominee Jill Stein on Reddit called for more research on the effects of Wi-Fi radiation on children in response to a question asking about her previous statements on Wi-Fi and children. During her Ask Me Anything session, Stein wrote that she didn’t have…

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Hackers Cause The Internet To Go Down Friday Morning

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by Eric Lieberman Website likes Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, and many others are not working Friday morning, allegedly because unknown hackers attacked the servers of Dyn, which is a major domain name system (DNS) host. The attack is believed to be a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DNS is the technical network that converts website address names…

Facebook Looks To Cure ‘All Diseases,’ Bring Internet To Everyone

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By Eric Lieberman Facebook has gone from a simple social media company to a massive tech conglomerate. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in 2014 through his own company’s platform that Facebook “agreed to acquire Oculus VR, the leader in virtual reality technology.” More than a year later, Zuckerberg declared Facebook’s intention of launching a satellite “into a geostationary orbit” in…

The FCC Is Now One Step Closer To Taking Over The Internet

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By Kevin Daley The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s so called “net-neutrality” rules on Tuesday, which allow the agency to regulate internet providers like any other public utility company. In a 2-1 decision, a three judge panel found that the FCC was within its rights to classify broadband Internet providers…