How social media “targetcasting” affects democracy, tackling youth depression in Delhi, and a reaction to yesterday’s impeachment hearing.
| The US civil service: Protectors of the republic “The men and women who will testify before the Intelligence Committee over the coming weeks will be attacked for being political hacks when in reality they look a lot like most of the permanent government: well-qualified, dedicated public servants who swore allegiance to the Constitution and not to a president.” John Hudak reacts to yesterday’s public hearings on the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Read more |
| Can social media “targetcasting” and democracy coexist? “The problem is that the platform Zuckerberg created does more than ‘give people voice, and bring people together.’ It is economically incentivized to drive people apart. In the process it shatters an underpinning of democracy,” former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler writes. Read more |
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