av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 14, 2019 | Ted
Dagen före examen tog de fyra ungdomarna sig in på den gena skolan sprayade väggarna med rasistiska och homfobiska slagord. För skolans personal kom till skolan dagens efter så möttes de av en svastika. De fyra kunde gripas sedan det visat sig att de loggat in på skolans nätverk medan de vandaliserade lokalerna.
I Glenelg High School har alla studenter ett eget ID som även används för att logga in på skolan nätverk, vilket görs automatiskt. När utredningen av vandalernas framart skulle utredas så fick polisen ett tämligen enkla jobb. De kolla loggfilerna för det lokala nätverket, jämförde med tiderna för när skolans vandaliserades och hittade flera inloggningar för de fyra ungdomarna.
He turned a corner and saw something written in large capital letters on the sidewalk: “BURTON IS A NIGGER.”
He paused only for a moment, looking at the words, trying to comprehend that all of this was real.
Later, school district officials, county administrators and prosecutors would have a name for what happened here. They would repeat it, condemn it and vow to prevent it from occurring again. Hate crime. The phrase has become inescapable as hate-fueled incidents have spiked across the country. A quarter of all hate crimes reported to the FBI, more than any other category, are similar to the attack discovered at Glenelg on May 24, 2018. Vandalism and destruction of property, a physical marking of an age-old threat: You don’t belong here.
Washington Post
Förutom det rent tekniska i utredningen rymmer den här historien också en svart rektors reaktioner och fyra ungdomar som försöker förstå hur det som skulle vara ett pojkstreck så snabbt urartade till ett hatbrott.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 14, 2019 | Ted
In a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 7, 2019 | Ted
A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they’re all competing for one thing: your attention. Harris shares how these companies prey on our psychology for their own profit and calls for a design renaissance in whoch our tech instead encourages us to live out the timeline we want.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 6, 2019 | Ted
Doesn’t it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally Kohn suggests — don’t engage with news that looks like it just wants to make you mad. Instead, give your precious clicks to the news sites you truly trust.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 3, 2019 | Ted
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: ”Where do I go to get vaccinated?” The post went viral, landing Lindenberger in the middle of a heated debate about vaccination and, ultimately, in front of a US Senate committee. Less than a year later, the high school senior reports back on his unexpected time in the spotlight and a new movement he’s leading to fight misinformation and advocate for scientific truth.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 2, 2019 | Ted
Do you think you’re good at spotting fake videos, where famous people say things they’ve never said in real life? See how they’re made in this astonishing talk and tech demo. Computer scientist Supasorn Suwajanakorn shows how, as a grad student, he used AI and 3D modeling to create photorealistic fake videos of people synced to audio. Learn more about both the ethical implications and the creative possibilities of this tech — and the steps being taken to fight against its misuse.
