1. I am a computer-illiterate old man (82 years old).
2. The only thing I know about Facebook, for example, is that it's a platform where some young people have posted vile comments about acquaintances and where some controversial political topics are now banned.
3. Last night, however, I discovered that Facebook can also be used for good.
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4. I was reading the July, 2019, print edition of Reader's Digest. I came across an article entitled "The Global Network" by Derek Burnett.
a. Two American tourists were in Indonesia.
b. They traveled into the jungle.
c. They had an accident, which resulted in their being so wounded that they could not walk.
d. One had a cell phone. (Thank God for that invention!)
e. He sent out this message on Facebook: "Help. In danger. Call police."
f. One of his friends in the States saw the message. She started the ball rolling. There was "a chain reaction of 516 concerned posts from [his many] friends around the world."
g. In about four hours, a rescue party arrived to take them to the hospital.
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5. Currently, many people are seriously wondering if the Internet is more of a curse than a blessing.
a. In my opinion, the answer is a no-brainer.
The social media companies(and the news media) are the closest things to Pravda that America has ever witnessed.
1. I am a computer-illiterate old man (82 years old).
2. The only thing I know about Facebook, for example, is that it's a platform where some young people have posted vile comments about acquaintances and where some controversial political topics are now banned.
3. Last night, however, I discovered that Facebook can also be used for good.
*****
4. I was reading the July, 2019, print edition of Reader's Digest. I came across an article entitled "The Global Network" by Derek Burnett.
a. Two American tourists were in Indonesia.
b. They traveled into the jungle.
c. They had an accident, which resulted in their being so wounded that they could not walk.
d. One had a cell phone. (Thank God for that invention!)
e. He sent out this message on Facebook: "Help. In danger. Call police."
f. One of his friends in the States saw the message. She started the ball rolling. There was "a chain reaction of 516 concerned posts from [his many] friends around the world."
g. In about four hours, a rescue party arrived to take them to the hospital.
*****
5. Currently, many people are seriously wondering if the Internet is more of a curse than a blessing.
a. In my opinion, the answer is a no-brainer.
1. I am a computer-illiterate old man (82 years old).
2. The only thing I know about Facebook, for example, is that it's a platform where some young people have posted vile comments about acquaintances and where some controversial political topics are now banned.
3. Last night, however, I discovered that Facebook can also be used for good.
*****
4. I was reading the July, 2019, print edition of Reader's Digest. I came across an article entitled "The Global Network" by Derek Burnett.
a. Two American tourists were in Indonesia.
b. They traveled into the jungle.
c. They had an accident, which resulted in their being so wounded that they could not walk.
d. One had a cell phone. (Thank God for that invention!)
e. He sent out this message on Facebook: "Help. In danger. Call police."
f. One of his friends in the States saw the message. She started the ball rolling. There was "a chain reaction of 516 concerned posts from [his many] friends around the world."
g. In about four hours, a rescue party arrived to take them to the hospital.
*****
5. Currently, many people are seriously wondering if the Internet is more of a curse than a blessing.
a. In my opinion, the answer is a no-brainer.
given your status as an old man, i can forgive you for being technologically illiterate, but not for throwing around silly and harmful rhetoric like generalizing social media as "a platform where some young people have posted vile comments about acquaintances and where some controversial political topics are now banned."
ah, yes, like the town square in ye olde days. imagine, gathering people together results in more possibility of bad things - the more people, the higher the chance.
The Internet, and social media, have massively increased the ability to communicate with each other or obtain information or learn about events. In some places, Facebook, Twitter, and encrypted messaging apps are literally the only ways people can coordinate against or within their corrupt governments.
Well, that's mostly true, unless you are attempting to disseminate facts that are inconvenient to the democratic party, or truths that undermine the cultural Marxist propaganda that society is increasingly being indoctrinated with. In those cases, you are likely to be 'punished', by having your account closed temporarily or permanently.
The big tech companies are very clearly becoming the authoritarian, book-burning censors of the modern era. If you post information that doesn't tow their Marxist party line, then your posts will likely be hit with their inconsistent, politically motivated "hate speech" label that they use to justify censoring dissent. In the mean time, they turn a blind eye to hyper-partisan left wing producers who regularly insult people, push conspiracy theories, and directly call for violence!
But if you are a moderate conservative or even a traditional liberal who dares criticize their unconstitutional policies, they'll claim you are promoting "radicalism", simply because you oppose THEIR radicalism. In the mean time, the left are attempting to set legal precedents for denying free speech. Given time, all social and news media will become state run Marxist propaganda mills, and obviously they are already well on their way!
e:. He sent out this message on Facebook: "Help. In danger. Call police."
Why couldn't they have just called for help? If they connected to the Internet they obviously had a signal..
3. Last night, however, I discovered that Facebook can also be used for good.
*****
4. I was reading the July, 2019, print edition of Reader's Digest. I came across an article entitled "The Global Network" by Derek Burnett.
a. Two American tourists were in Indonesia.
b. They traveled into the jungle.
c. They had an accident, which resulted in their being so wounded that they could not walk.
d. One had a cell phone. (Thank God for that invention!)
e. He sent out this message on Facebook: "Help. In danger. Call police."
f. One of his friends in the States saw the message. She started the ball rolling. There was "a chain reaction of 516 concerned posts from [his many] friends around the world."
g. In about four hours, a rescue party arrived to take them to the hospital.
*****
5. Currently, many people are seriously wondering if the Internet is more of a curse than a blessing.
My daughter tells me Instagram is the thing now...I wouldn't know, I don't do either FB or IG...:2razz:
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