Tag: Social Issues

TikTok Is Essentially ‘Digital Crack,’ Wall Street Analysts Warn It Could ‘Ruin’ the Internet

August 26, 2022
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Analysts at Bernstein Research are equating social media video app TikTok with drug addiction, warning about a “digital crack epidemic” as competition heats up in the sector. TikTok has replaced “the friction of deciding what to watch and ‘boring’ status update images” with a “sensory rush of bite-sized videos powered by a Chinese-owned, black-box algorithm,”…

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Frontline Workers Form New Political Coalition, Call on Biden to End the COVID Public Health Emergency

August 25, 2022
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WASHINGTON—Big cities and hospitals that mandated vaccines for frontline workers during the pandemic have unwittingly become the impetus for a new opposition force. A group of leaders from police and fire departments, EMS, and other related healthcare professions, created a new coalition to empower frontline workers to fight back against public policies that hurt their…

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Texas University Encouraging Business Professors to Warn Students of Trauma-Inducing Content

August 25, 2022
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Business school professors at the University of Texas at Austin have been advised to issue warnings to students in classes of potentially offensive and traumatizing curriculum content. Richard Lowery, associate professor of finance at UT-Austin, posted part of the syllabus template on Twitter on Aug. 10 questioning its relevance. “Behold our new syllabus template at…

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Anti-American Blogger Banned on Chinese Social Media After Admitting to Buying Property in the US

August 25, 2022
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A Chinese blogger known for his pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and anti-America rhetoric was banned on Chinese social media on Aug. 20. Sima Nan, whose real name is Yu Li, rose to fame for criticizing the United States. His outrageous rhetoric has won him the online title “anti-American warrior” and over 30 million followers on…

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Democrats ‘Grasping at Straws’ for Votes by Canceling Student Loan Debt: GOP Lawmaker

August 24, 2022
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Canceling student loan debt is the latest bid by Democrats to win votes and prevent the House chamber from flipping red this fall, according to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.Y.). “Delaying this until now, pretty close to the election, is certainly a political ploy,” the congresswoman told Capitol Report, a program on The Epoch Times’ sister…

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Civil Rights Group Pushes States to Scrap Gender ‘Non-Disclosure’ Policies at Schools

August 24, 2022
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A national civil rights group has urged the California government to revise policies that require teachers and other school staff to hide the gender identities of students as young as kindergarten from their parents if the child so wishes. The civil rights non-profit Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) has also advised Oregon, Vermont, and…

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‘Environmental Justice’ Bill Advances Fundamental Transformation of Federal Government

August 24, 2022
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In his 2022 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 Initiative, a program intended to “transform” federal programs and advance “environmental justice.” On Aug. 16, Biden advanced that agenda by signing the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, which, among other things, earmarked $60 billion for “environmental justice.” Notably, the…

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China Censors ‘Minions’ Ending; Expert Says Hollywood Under Pressure to ‘Kowtow’ to CCP

August 24, 2022
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China’s vast censorship efforts are under scrutiny again, after it was revealed on social media that the Chinese version of the new children’s film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” featured an altered ending that supported the communist regime’s policies. While the global version of the film ends with two anti-heroes riding into the sunset after…

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Parents Wary of Digital Hall Pass That Records Students’ Movements

August 24, 2022
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In the old days, when a student requested a bathroom visit during classroom time, the teacher handed them a hall pass made of paper or sometimes a wooden block. Now, many schools are taking the hall pass digital with SmartPass, a hall pass application that tracks students and generates weekly reports about trends in their…

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Exonerated Ohio Man Earns Fame For Prison-Created Artwork, Advocacy for Wrongfully Convicted

August 24, 2022
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Wrongfully imprisoned in a 6-by-10 foot Ohio prison cell, Dean Gillispie let his mind and his artwork transport him to an even smaller world. He converted junk into miniature versions of places he wished he could be. Gillispie used “procured” materials—such as teabags, soda cans, and foil paper from cigarette packs—to make models of nostalgic…

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