Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Free Immigration Clinic

Your Humble Blogger received an email for a free immigration clinic for Glendale College students. For more information, see the PDF flyer or follow this link.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Window on the World or Terrorist Tool?

The mass shootings that killed 49 people in two New Zealand mosques were livestreamed for 17 minutes on Facebook. The social media company took down the video, but by then it had gone viral. Obviously, the role of Facebook Live and other forms of livestreaming will come under close examination. NPR reports...

Questions...

•What are the ways livestreaming can be used for good? What are the ways it can be used for evil?

•On balance, does livestreaming benefit the larger society or harm it?

•Does the First Amendment apply in this case? How much or how little?

•Should livestreaming have a delay, as with live callers to radio shows.

•Would international internet standards be a good idea or a bad idea?

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