Facebook Admits Mosque Shooting Video Was Viewed At Least 4,000 Times The video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it. Then the social media platform had to contend with more than a million attempted re-uploads.
Russia Criminalizes The Spread Of Online News Which 'Disrespects' The Government President Vladimir Putin signed the new law, which allows punishment of individuals with fines and jail time for the spread of "fake news."
All Things Considered Germany Risks U.S. Backlash If It Hires Chinese Company Huawei For 5G Tech Germany wants to speed up its mobile data service with 5G technology, which Chinese telecom Huawei is bidding to provide. But if Berlin lets Huawei compete, it faces the Trump administration's wrath.
All Things Considered YouTube's Chief Product Officer On How The Company Responded To Mosque Shootings NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Neal Mohan, chief product officer for YouTube, about how the tech company responded when a video of last week's deadly shootings in New Zealand went viral.
All Things Considered Ethiopian Flight Data Shows Similarities To Indonesian Crash Of Same Boeing Model Ethiopia's Transport Minister said a preliminary review of the flight data from last week's plane crash reveals "clear similarities" in that accident and the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX last October.
All Things Considered New Zealand Mosque Attacks Raise Questions About Internet's Role In Radicalization The rambling document allegedly written by the attacker in New Zealand echoes the sarcasm and "trolling" of the internet. How much of his inspiration comes from internet politics in the U.S.?
All Things Considered The Role Social Media Plays In Mass Shootings The shootings at mosques in New Zealand were live-streamed on Facebook, and shared on YouTube and Twitter. The companies have been challenged on their ability to remove this kind of content quickly.
TED Radio Hour Phylecia Jones: How Can We Encourage Girls To Keep Pursuing Math? Why do so many teen girls lose interest in math? Phylecia Jones explores how we can get more women involved in STEM by starting with a simple idea: tell every girl in your life she's great at math.
TED Radio Hour Eddie Woo: How Can Math Help Us Understand The Complexity Of The Universe? The world is full of recurring patterns based on math. Math teacher Eddie Woo explains why human beings are naturally drawn to patterns and how we can use math to engage with our complex world.
TED Radio Hour Adam Spencer: Why Are Monster Prime Numbers Important? Adam Spencer is fascinated by prime numbers. These seemingly simple numbers can be found in monster sizes—the latest being almost 25 million digits long.