James Farrell

James Farrell is the former editor-in-chief of Chiang Mai CityNews, where he wrote and managed daily news, features, op-eds and blogs on a diverse range of topics. Prior to this, in the same city of Northern Thailand where he lives, he was the longstanding deputy editor of the monthly magazine Citylife. He has written on culture, politics, travel, tech, business, human rights, for local, national, and international news services and magazines. He has a keen interest in the role technology is playing in the transformation of society, culture and politics, especially in developing nations. This is reflected in his not-so-successful first novel.

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U.S court rules politician cannot block critic on social media

POLICY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

A federal appeals court Monday said that when a U.S. politician blocked one of her constituent’s on Facebook, she violated the First Amendment. The court decided 3-0 that the chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Phyllis Randall, violated the rights …

Screen time may not be that bad for kids, British doctors say

POLICY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

A lot of time spent looking at smartphone screens might not be too bad for kids if they have healthy lifestyles already, according to some leading British children’s doctors. The Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, an organization that trains people working …

Netflix snaps up former Activision Blizzard CFO Spencer Neumann

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Netflix Inc. today confirmed it’s hiring former Activision Blizzard Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann as its new CFO. Neumann was jobless only two days, after being let go by the video game company, but apparently, his release was not related to the …

The internet is a ‘lawless abyss’: Scarlett Johansson on ‘deep-fake’ pornography

EMERGING TECH By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Actress Scarlett Johansson called the internet a “lawless abyss” in an interview with the Washington Post over the weekend about the proliferation of deep-fake pornography. Said to be the highest-paid female actress in Hollywood, Johansson (pictured) talked about the difficulty of fighting against …

Facebook’s moderation rulebook has issues, according to report

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc.’s almost Sisyphean task of moderating billions of posts cannot be easy, but the company could be doing a better job, according to a New York Times expose Thursday. The Times managed to get hold of 1,400 pages from a rulebook Facebook uses …

After Gatwick Airport fiasco, UK gets new drone detection systems

EMERGING TECH By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Drone detection systems are currently being deployed throughout the U.K. following rogue drone invasions over a major airport that halted flights last week. About 1,000 flights were affected by “drone intrusions” leading to 140,000 passengers having their flight cancelled or diverted, causing …

US sanctions prompt Slack to close accounts of people who visited certain countries

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Slack Technologies Inc. has started banning accounts with links to Iran and other nations, according to reports Thursday. Some of the reports said users with hardly any remaining ties to Iran, living as far and wide as Finland and Canada, as well as …

DC attorney general sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica leak

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

The attorney general of the District of Columbia today sued Facebook Inc. for not protecting user privacy during the scandal involving the campaign data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. “Facebook failed to protect the privacy of its users and deceived them about who had access …

NAACP calls for Facebook boycott after report reveals Russian government targeted African-Americans

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked people to boycott Facebook for a week following reports that the platform had been used by Russian agents to try to sway the minds of America’s black voters. Two reports released …

Facebook slams report that fact-checkers were hired only for ‘crisis PR’

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is criticizing a scathing report published by The Guardian Thursday in which former and current fact-checkers said they were hired for face value rather than to do a meaningful job. The report stated that some of the fact-checkers who were …

James Farrell

Latest from James Farrell

Screen time may not be that bad for kids, British doctors say

Netflix snaps up former Activision Blizzard CFO Spencer Neumann

The internet is a ‘lawless abyss’: Scarlett Johansson on ‘deep-fake’ pornography

Facebook’s moderation rulebook has issues, according to report

After Gatwick Airport fiasco, UK gets new drone detection systems

US sanctions prompt Slack to close accounts of people who visited certain countries

DC attorney general sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica leak

NAACP calls for Facebook boycott after report reveals Russian government targeted African-Americans

Facebook slams report that fact-checkers were hired only for ‘crisis PR’

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