“Since taking over Bill O’Reilly’s slot on Fox News, Tucker Carlson has had the most-watched news show on cable. His populist rhetoric and cutting interview style have earned him millions of nightly viewers, prompting Forbes to ask if Carlson is “the new king of cable news.””
“An Airbnb host has been fined $5,000 for racial discrimination and will have to take a course in Asian-American studies after canceling a woman’s reservation because of her ethnicity, reports The Guardian.”
Read: Airbnb host fined $5,000 for canceling a reservation with a racist comment
“Stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park are leaving the CBS hit Hawaii Five-0 after seven seasons, the result of a breakdown in salary negotiations, Variety reports.”
“Stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park are leaving the CBS hit Hawaii Five-0 after seven seasons, the result of a breakdown in salary negotiations, Variety reports.”
“Stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park are leaving the CBS hit Hawaii Five-0 after seven seasons, the result of a breakdown in salary negotiations, Variety reports.”
““Google is a digital truth serum,” Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Everybody Lies, told me in a recent interview. “People tell Google things that they don’t tell to possibly anybody else, things they might not tell to family members, friends, anonymous surveys, or doctors.””
Read: Persuasive proof that America is full of racist and selfish people
“When Joy Buolamwini found that a robot recognised her face better when she wore a white mask, she knew a problem needed fixing When Joy Buolamwini found that a robot recognised her face better when she wore a white mask, she knew a problem needed fixing Joy Buolamwini is a gradu”
Read: ‘A white mask worked better’: why algorithms are not colour blind
“A new study reveals that African-American passengers who hail rides on Uber or Lyft had higher wait times or a higher rate of cancellation than non-African-American customers, according to Bloomberg. Also, female passengers were taken on longer, more expensive routes than male passengers.”
Read: Uber and Lyft can be just as bad as taxis when it comes to racial discrimination
“A new study reveals that African-American passengers who hail rides on Uber or Lyft had higher wait times or a higher rate of cancellation than non-African-American customers, according to Bloomberg. Also, female passengers were taken on longer, more expensive routes than male passengers.”
Read: Uber and Lyft are just as bad as taxis when it comes to racial discrimination
“Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. That’s basically what Facebook is doing nowadays.”