The search giant is creating a database of images depicting child exploitation — to be shared with tech companies, law enforcement, and charities — in order to scrub the images from the Internet.
Category: in-the-media
Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?
Every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger, says a campaign by charities urging G8 leaders to pledge more aid for the world’s poorest families – or every 10 seconds, according to the latest version of the slogan. But does this paint an accurate picture?
Legal Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: From The Annals Of Bad Economic Research
Over here in Europe there’s been something of a scare campaign going on over “sex trafficking”. This is the idea that brutes and gangsters trick or force women into moving country and then hold them in sexual slavery: usually being forced to work as prostitutes. There’s been all sorts of research trying to look into how much this actually happens. Some says it’s pretty much non-existent, others that it’s a substantial minority of the whole sex industry. The truth is that people are simply using different definitions of what is “trafficking”. And it’s there that the entire subject becomes a complete and total mess.
How to Spot a Sociopath (Hint: It Could Be You)
A dishy book from an avowed sociopath has stirred up an awkward debate: perhaps all of us have a bit of the personality disorder. Caitlin Dickson on why that may not be such a bad thing.
Study Challenges Popular Perception of New ‘Hookup Culture’ On College Campuses
A University of Portland study challenges the popular perception that there is a “new and pervasive hookup culture” among contemporary college students.
Malcolm Gladwell
I am troubled by all of the attention Malcolm Gladwell receives for his writings and talks. He oversimplifies and overextends often questionable findings. Today, I gathered some links to reviews and commentaries that express the same concerns:
and a spoof:
Why So Many Are Still Missing “Our Maddie”
Six years on, what’s driving the obsession with Madeleine McCann?
Scalded by Coffee, Then News Media
In 1992, Stella Liebeck spilled scalding McDonald’s coffee in her lap and later sued the company, attracting a flood of negative attention. It turns out there was more to the story.
WATCH: Why Your Memories Can’t Be Trusted
You can trust your own memory — right? Wrong. Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus shares decades of research showing that when it comes to remembering things, what we swear is fact is often fiction… and sometimes, the consequences of trusting our own memories are life and death.