An interesting apology from editors of Vice: Friday April 9th, VICE Asia published an interview with Matt Loughrey, an artist working to restore and colorize images from Security Prison 21 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was used by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. The article included photographs of Khmer … Continue reading Vice Apologizes for Faked Photos of Genocide Victims
My head hurt when I read a new “insider” article on detecting and preventing hate on big data platforms. It’s awful on many, many levels. It’s like seeing a story on airplane safety in hostile territory where former staff reveal they couldn’t agree politically on how to measure gravity in a way that appeased a … Continue reading Big Tech Admits Security Teams Politically Directed and Intentionally Blind to Hate Groups
Why are some fakes seen as ok and others are “scary”? Hint: agency and power in voice. How a movie character is written or portrayed influences a viewer’s impression, which can in turn influence people’s stereotypes on gender norms. More to the point: White men tend to only listen to other white men. They will … Continue reading Tom Cruise is a Fake. For Real This Time.