Steve Thompson PhD

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Steve Thompson PhD
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Former Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UC Davis faculty. Internet addiction research pioneer (1996). Media terrorism scholar. 

Editor: Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021); Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society (2018); and, Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies (2014).

Veteran newsman. Independent. Believer.
#MediaBias #Propaganda #TechEthics VERIFIED JOURNALIST: https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/nostr:npub1tftrjvwe7rsqx7vv850g003yszg3ma625da820cna22276ketd0qwauruh BOOKS: https://www.igi-global.com/affiliate/steven-john-thompson/321056 BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/scitech.news B.R.A.I.N PORTAL: http://scitech.news
Too late for Renee Good, but good. Federal judge restricts Republican Trump Administration's ICE tactics against protesters in Minnesota https://www.axios.com/2026/01/17/federal-judge-limits-ice-minnesota-metro-surge A federal judge ordered ICE agents to stop retaliating against peaceful protesters and observers in Minnesota. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez barred ICE agents from arresting or pepper spraying people for simply observing or criticizing the federal government's actions. #Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #ICE #Minnesota #press image
Jewish woman whose baby photo was chosen by Goebbels as Aryan exemplar dies at 91 https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-woman-whose-baby-photo-was-chosen-by-goebbels-as-aryan-exemplar-dies-at-91/ In 1934, when Taft was 6 months old, her parents — Latvian Jewish opera singers living in Berlin — had her portrait taken by photographer Hans Ballin. Ballin submitted her photo to a Nazi contest seeking the perfect Aryan baby. It was selected by Joseph Goebbels, the notorious Nazi chief of propaganda, and appeared on the cover of a pro-Nazi publication. #Nazis #propaganda #Jews #press image