Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the Internet
Big technology companies are not particularly worried about the link tax. YouTube and Facebook are the only companies in the position to use upload filters and they could start selling them to other smaller European platforms. [Read more…] about Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the Internet
Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!
When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.
[Read more…] about Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!
The ABCs of Malta
Malta is a culturally diverse country with a complex social and political sphere—the fact which might come across as unexpected of an island state of such a minuscule size. And due to this complexity, Malta’s everyday political and social realities could be a treacherous terrain to navigate.
The Limits of Sympathy: Relating to Images of Distress
The fear of witnessing the pain of others is caused by our empathy coupled with an intense feeling of powerlessness. And sympathy may even be a highly misleading path to trod on, if it does not encourage us to reflect on the reasons for horrors to occur.
[Read more…] about The Limits of Sympathy: Relating to Images of Distress