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Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 24, 2021
Following the results of a football ticket lottery for the Shamrock Series football game on Saturday, harmful, hateful messages surged on the anonymous social media platform Yik Yak. These comments were mainly aimed at Saint Mary’s students who had won tickets to attend the game. Yik Yak is a social media platform that allows users
Alexa Schlaerth | Friday, September 24, 2021
Last year, I was a loyal follower of Notre Dame-related Instagram meme and/or pop culture accounts: @coronavirusnd, @ndchicks and @ndbarstool, to name a few. Given I was away from campus on a gap year, I didn’t “get” many of the jokes, or at least, I didn’t have the same appreciation and understanding as I would
Renee Yaseen | Monday, March 15, 2021
When was the last time plastic surgery was promoted to you on social media? Maybe the Instagram algorithm has determined that my nose could use some work, but for me, it was last night. In case you weren’t in the loop with influencers and cosmetic surgery clinics, it’s likely that TikTok uses a highly sophisticated
Justice Mory | Monday, February 8, 2021
It should not be news to anyone that social media has a lot of influence in today’s world. Every aspect of life now exists online and “in real life.” Year after year, communication and organization between people becomes easier, faster and more powerful. But just how impactful is social media’s connection of people? Today I
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Monday, November 4, 2019
We are writing today in hopes to promote further discussion about user data, its usage and the privacy concerns associated with it. In this letter, we are hoping to bring to light some common misconceptions about data usage, as well as highlight some of the dangers that could arise if regulations and changes aren’t made
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Killer robots should concern us all. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov was also worried about them, and in his epic Foundation series, as well as “I, Robot,” he proposed three laws to keep robots from becoming a threat to people: 1) a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being