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Bhaskar Chakravorti in The Chicago Tribune – “How Facebook could really fix itself”

February 2, 2018January 23, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment Bhaskar Chakravorti, Chicago Tribune, digital trust, Facebook, fake news, The Conversation, The Digital Planet, Trust

How Facebook could really fix itself [Facebook] founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to win back users’ trust.

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In 2018, 1/3 of all white workers and almost 40% of Asian workers were in jobs where they could work from home.

Less than 20% of #Black workers & only 16% of #Latinx workers were in jobs that lend themselves to working from home.

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"[Students] who are forced to return, despite having stayed to attend their fall classes here, must now suddenly uproot themselves, potentially face restrictions in travel, go home to potentially unsafe conditions ... "

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14 Jul

The scatter plot below shows a strong positive correlation between digital public services capabilities and inclusive and affordable internet. We examine a selection of countries across the diagonal from worst to best below.

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https://sites.tufts.edu/digitalplanet/which-governments-can-best-deliver-public-services-online-during-a-lockdown/

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14 Jul

With so many other issues taking precedent in the US, why has the Trump administration decided to attack #internationalstudents ?

According to Bhaskar Chakravorti, it's an attack on what Trump considers the enemy within -- liberalism.

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