Here’s what happens when law enforcement subpoena your Facebook

If you use Facebook, this is an article that you want to read. It will explain in detail everything that a law enforcement organization can request from Facebook. You’ll be surprised at just what they can learn from what you post. Anyone who uses online social media should know that whatever you put out there is accessible to anyone. It’s a good rule of thumb to simply not put things online that you don’t want people to know....

3 min · 471 words · Devon Ashley

Here’s what it really means when you say ‘I’m busy’

Here’s what it really means when you say ‘I’m busy’ What ‘I’m busy’ really means Every morning I check my calendar and to-do list and decide which of my goals I want to achieve and then I focus on completing them. I might have five goals in total, but I’ll focus on the one or two most important ones. I also have 15 or 20 less important smaller tasks. But if I want to get anything done, I’ll ignore those so I can focus on the main one or two....

3 min · 579 words · Barbara Solomon

Here’s what it’ll take to clean up esports’ toxic and sexist culture

Here’s what it’ll take to clean up esports’ toxic and sexist culture History of harassment Recent stories fromThe New York Times,Wired,Insiderand others have highlighted how pervasive sexism, racism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination are in online spaces. However, these issues are hardly new. Similar problems arose in 2014’sGamerGateTwitter-based campaign of harassment of female gamers, designers and journalists. Sexism was also common before GamerGate. For example, professional gamer Miranda Pakozdi quit her team followingsexual harassmentfrom her coach in 2012; the coach, Aris Bakhtanians, famously stated that“sexual harassment is part of [the fighting game] culture”and that it could not be removed....

5 min · 859 words · Matthew Walton

Here’s what that WhatsApp privacy policy pop-up means for you

Here’s what that WhatsApp privacy policy pop-up means for you Integration with Facebook companies The updated policy says that WhatsApp may send you marketing material about Facebook companies. Plus, the firm will use your data collected from the app and other Facebook services for content suggestions, people recommendations, and ads along with service improvements. Facebook has already integratedInstagram and Messenger for cross-platform communication. And with this new change, it aims to provide “integrations which enable you to connect your WhatsApp experiences with other Facebook Company Products....

2 min · 349 words · Mr. Justin Bean

Here’s what the future of classrooms looks like

Here’s what the future of classrooms looks like EdTech puts students in the teacher’s seat Thinking back to when you were in school, the idea of studying from home probably sounded like a good time to get some valuable gaming hours in, discover daytime TV, stare out the window, and [insertanythingother than school]. One of the biggest challenges faced by students has been just finding the motivation to sit down and study outside of the classroom....

9 min · 1719 words · Daniel Greene
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