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Enrique Dans

On the effects of technology and innovation on people, companies and society (writing in Spanish at enriquedans.com since 2003)

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IMAGE: An image of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Meta, with a frowned face, after apologizing to the families of the victims of his product

It’s Oscars season, and the award for the worst hypocrite goes to…

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At last: official recognition that social networks are a danger to public health

IMAGE: A drawing of a laptop and a smartphone being supposedly attacked by scammers

Almost half of 18-to-19-year-olds have been scammed online. Why might that be?

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Norway strikes a blow for Meta users’ privacy

Showing considerable judgment and a commitment to protecting the privacy of its…

Social media are now like old media, only much, much worse

IMAGE: Bronze statues listening with their ears on a brick wall

Spying on people is despicable, so why have we let social networks get away with it for so long?

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Social networks and the prisoner’s dilemma

I’ve recently begun to explore the idea that social networks could follow the…

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The idiotization of the Western society

The word “idiot” has a fascinating etymology: it comes from the Greek διώτης (idiōtēs)…

IMAGE: The definition of the word “Gaslight” in a dictionary page

What’s the connection between social networks and gaslighting?

TikTok: we’ve just created another monster

The news about social networks, particularly among young people, is deeply worrying…