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Facebook's social responsibility should include privacy protection

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
Does this man understand how his company can be a responsible member of society?AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

In his congressional testimony, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed to understand the importance of protecting both the security and privacy of Facebook’s 2.2 billion users. People in the United States have come to...

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Assassination in Brazil unmasks the deadly racism of a country that would rather ignore it

  • Written by Ana Míria dos Santos Carvalho Carinhanha, Lawyer and doctoral student, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

When Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, was shot to death in downtown Rio on March 14, her killing moved the world.

Protesters took to the streets in New York, Paris, Buenos Aires and elsewhere, pledging to continue Franco’s fight against racism, poverty, inequality and violence.

Elected in 2016 after serving 10 years on...

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Don't shoot: When Dallas police draw their guns, they usually choose not to fire

  • Written by Andrew P. Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Criminology, University of Texas at Dallas
Police recruits take a test at police headquarters in Dallas.AP Photo/LM Otero

The public has a right to question whether police are biased when they shoot and kill unarmed people of color.

To do this, the public needs data about when police shootings occur, but that kind of data isn’t collected nationally. That’s why several news...

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Resistance to school integration in the name of 'local control': 5 questions answered

  • Written by Erica Frankenberg, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Pennsylvania State University
The nation has struggled with school integration since school segregation was outlawed in 1954.AP

Editor’s note: The word “secession” is often used in reference to states or countries that wish to break off and form their own government. But here in the United States, there are communities that want to secede from their school...

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Lawyers keep secrets locked up – that’s why they get asked to do the dirty work

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Attorney Michael Cohen was recently the target of an FBI raid. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Lawyers seem to at the center of lot of scandals lately.

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, whose office and hotel were raided by the FBI, is only the latest example. Harvey Weinstein’s law firm hired the private investigator who...

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The urgency of curbing pollution from ships, explained

  • Written by James J. Winebrake, Professor of Public Policy and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology
A cargo ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge outside San Francisco.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that regulates global shipping, is writing new rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions from ships by 2050 as it implements other regulations that will mandate cleaner-burning fuels at sea by 2020.

As...

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Overeating? It may be a brain glitch

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
The drive to overeat may be rooted in survival brain circuits.Phovoir/Shutterstock.com

With springtime comes the desire to shed those few extra pounds, in preparation to don swimsuits and head to the pool. This year, new obesity research is making it easier to find a pathway that is right for us.

There is no doubt that weight loss is a higher...

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Rebuilding trust in the media from the bottom up

  • Written by Michael Gordon, Professor, Social Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, University of Michigan
With local news outlets facing tough times, who will cover neighborhoods like Detroit's Oakwood Heights?Notorious4life

America is living in a Facebook moment, where privacy is not private; a Sinclair moment, where local is not local; and a presidential moment, where truth is not true.

It seems clear that someone needs to rebuild trust between the...

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Reading Zuckerberg’s face: What 3 key expressions from his testimony reveal

  • Written by Nichole Russell, M.A. Candidate in Political Science, University of Arkansas
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying on Capitol Hill.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Facial expressions and body movements, whether we make them knowingly or not, can persuade people.

As experts in political discourse and facial displays – how scientists often refer to facial expressions – we have analyzed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s...

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