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AUTHOR: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town; Nothing to Envy (N. Korea),Logavina Street (Bosnia)
New York, USA barbarademick.com Joined March 2009
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I can't believe the US is criticizing Australia's efforts to allow social media users to turn off algorithms. It's utter corrupt pandering o big tech. The Australian initiative has nothing to do with censorship. It's merely giving people control over their own accounts. But it would go a long way to healing polarization. #algorithms

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www.bbc.com US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship' Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.
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October 26 at Gresham College, London. A lecture on narrative nonfiction and empathy
gresham.ac.uk/speakers/barba…
www.gresham.ac.uk Barbara Demick | Gresham College Barbara Demick is an award-winning journalist whose work is defined by a signature blend of depth, empathy, and narrative clarity that makes even the most complex subjects deeply accessible. A former...