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Biologist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Withdraws from Consideration at NYU
Facing protests from the NYU student body and some staff members, David Sabatini called the accusations against him “false, distorted, and preposterous.”
FTC Slams Facebook for Lying About Why It Shut Down Misinformation Research
The Federal Trade Commission also called the social media platform a “surveillance-based advertising” company.
Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest Critics
The Cybersecurity for Democracy project had been tracking vaccine disinformation and revealing how Facebook's political ad program works.
NYU Emailed the Parents of Striking Grad Students to Say Striking Is Bad
NYU President Andrew Hamilton called the strike "unwarranted" and insisted graduate student workers were demanding too much.
Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ Before Taking Jobs in Tech
A new guide 'With Great Tech Comes Great Responsibility' arrives during a period of backlash on campuses, where tech companies like Amazon and Palantir recruit.
NYU Shanghai Quietly Added Pro-Government Course at Behest of Chinese Government
The "civic education" course included trips to Communist memorials and video lessons such as "promoting the prosperity of socialist culture."
Leaving Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Informed, Study Finds
When researchers measured the welfare of hundreds of people who left Facebook for a month, they found they were happier, less politically informed, more active in IRL activities, and less likely to go back to Facebook.
Terence Nance Is Conquering Hollywood with the Power of His People
The creator of 'Random Acts of Flyness' has a bold vision of blackness that revolutionized TV in 2018—and he's just getting started.
Women at top U.S. law schools renounce firms that don't let employees sue over sexual harassment
Not only are employees overwhelmingly unlikely to be awarded money in arbitration cases, they also tend to win less than in cases involving court trials.
Science Says That Psychopaths Really Dig Eminem's "Lose Yourself"
According to an NYU study, if you like Justin Bieber you might be a serial killer but if you like Dire Straits, then you're not.