Anonymous disclosure and expeditious dismissal: something rotten in the realm of youth literature
A novelist and literary agent has lost her job after an anonymous tip-off on Twitter. Her crime? Having…
Surveillance: is combating facial recognition racism a trap to impose it?
Like all biometric surveillance technologies, facial recognition threatens our private lives. Recently, it has been mainly denounced for…
Racist video, revenge and shattered lives: a textbook case of “cancel culture” in an American high school
The New York Times has returned in recent days to the sad case that rocked an American high…
“Mean Tweets”: did we need to exploit online hate to laugh about it?
Filming celebrities reading a tweet insulting them, in the name of self-mockery: eight years after its creation, the…
“Mulan”, or Disney’s hypocritical compromise with China
This new adaptation of the Chinese legend, whose theatrical release was canceled due to the pandemic, is coming…
Suzanne Moore, the disliked ex-witch of the “Guardian”
This British columnist, feminist and accustomed to controversy, is the latest journalist to resign from a prestigious English…
Facial recognition and racist algorithm in schools: costly fiasco in New York state
Do modern surveillance technologies have their place in schools, even in a country marked by killings in educational…
“Connected” Christmas gifts: cool or creepy?
For the fourth year in a row, the Mozilla Foundation is offering a useful guide to finding your…
From LOL to fascism: “Internet culture”, the ideal culprit?
A recent article in The Atlantic believes that a certain tolerance for trash humour on the Internet in…
Why did Ubisoft remove a journalist’s voice from its Watch Dogs: Legion video game?
British journalist Helen Lewis participated in a podcast included in “Watch Dogs: Legion”, Ubisoft’s latest release. Her voice…
Indignation on Twitter, a new casting criterion in Hollywood?
Such and such an actress not black enough for a role, such and such an actor who is…
What does the TOP 10 shared links on Facebook really look like?
Every day, a New York Times reporter identifies the Facebook posts that generate the most reactions from U.S…
Our Top 10 deepfake videos
Often used as an invisible trick to replace (or resurrect) an unavailable actor, the deepfake technique, which allows…