Published: The Daily Dot (February 14, 2016)
Say what you will about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia–and pundits and people on both the left and the right have been doing just that since his passing on Saturday–but when it comes to Internet freedom, he may have been one of the great legal minds of our time.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (February 13, 2016)
First, I just want to add that I’m a big fan of Film Brain, the British movie critic whose web series “Bad Movie Beatdown” manages to intelligently deconstruct some of the worst motion pictures ever made. Since our Twitter conversation inspired this piece, I figured it would only be appropriate to preface this article with a gratitude plug.... Read Original Article
Published: The Daily Dot (February 1, 2016)
Regardless of which candidates triumph in the Iowa caucuses today, there is one winner whose victory no one will be able to dispute—digital technology.
To understand how the Internet has fundamentally transformed the Iowa caucuses, it is first necessary to explain the mechanics that determine how this unique political ritual functions.... Read Original Article
Published: The Daily Dot (January 23, 2016)
If there is any silver lining to the Amy Schumer plagiarism scandal, it is that it establishes one of the ways in which the Internet can be an unequivocal force for good.
Thanks to social media and online activism, the days in which the powerful can rip off the powerless with impunity are long gone.... Read Original Article
Published: The Daily Dot (January 14, 2016)
If there is a single major social problem that best captures the pros and cons of our Internet-driven world, it is the issue of bullying.
On one hand, the Internet has become notorious in recent years as a breeding ground for bullying behavior. According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, about half of young people have experienced some form of bullying through their cell phone or online, with 10 to 20 percent experiencing it regularly.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (January 2, 2016)
It’s one thing to explain why modern white supremacists are funny (something I’ve already done several times), but it’s quite another to actually illustrate how this can be the case. Fortunately, a good friend of mine recently received an anonymous message from an Internet stalker which allows me to do precisely that.... Read Original Article