In the C Net article, ‘Deepak Chopra Made a Digital Clone of Himself, Other Celebs Could Soon Follow’ by Scott Stein, we find out that Mr. Deepak Chopra has made a digital clone of himself. The clone is on an interactive site and gives a mirage of being on facetime with him. When instead you are actually on facetime with his clone. In the article the author talked about how the clone asked how he was doing, when he responded with “stressed”, the clone suggested meditation. The clone also has an extensive knowledge of many of Chora’s works including articles and books he has written. When asked why he did it the main reason seemed to be to leave a lasting legacy. He is 73 years old but this is a way he can be remembered and appreciated from now until the end of time or internet, whichever comes first. 

https://www.cnet.com/news/deepak-chopra-made-a-digital-clone-of-himself-and-other-celebs-could-soon-follow/

In the BBC article ‘China due to introduce face scans for mobile users’ author Rory Jones discusses the new policies the Chinese government has put into place to keep track of their hundreds of millions of internet users in the country. The new policies require citizens to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services. The government clarified the reasoning for this by stating they want to protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens in cyberspace. The face scans are also compared to the identification of the citizens have to give, thus making sure that the people are exactly who they say they are. For years now China has been trying to protect their citizen’s cyberspace rights, as recently as 2017 they passed a law requiring platforms to verify users true identities before letting them make posts online. Although change does not come over night, I personally think what China is doing is a huge step in the right direction as more and more people and information are on the internet by the second. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098

In the CNN Business Article: Instagram is about to hide likes for some US users. Here’s what to expect, writer Kaya Yurieff writes about the major social media platform Instagram’s new policy they are about to implement in the United States. For years and years people have been judged for something as insignificant as likes on an instagram post. I know of many people who would take down an entire post solely because they did not get the amount of likes they got. Instagram’s CEO also noticed the problem a few years ago, as he tested the no like policy in a few countries such as Canada, Ireland, and Australia. The way it will now work is pretty simple, likes will still exist as you will have the option to like peoples’ posts; however, you will not be able to see the amount of likes your friends get. You will be able to see the amount of likes your own posts get, but no one else will be able to view your likes. I am personally a big fan of this new change. 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/tech/instagram-likes-going-away/index.html

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