- — a letter to the editor of The New York Times, 1931
- Versions with "things" instead of "events" have been published since 1888, and without things or events since 1827. Quote Investigator
Monday, December 31, 2018
Collected Quotes
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.“
Thursday, December 27, 2018
The History of U.S. Immigration Restrictions
A History of Racism, Jobs, and Resistance to Change
Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims1
Recent debate over immigration and closed versus open borders raises questions about the American history of immigration. It seems that every native-born citizen is descended from immigrants; even the first Native Americans were new arrivals at some point.2 This article looks at tightening restrictions on immigration after the United States of America began in 1789.
For the first 86 years there were no immigration restrictions at all. The Page Act of 1875 was the first federal immigration law and marked the end of open borders. Rep. Horace F. Page (R-CA) introduced it to "end the danger of cheap Chinese labor and immoral Chinese women." The first Chinese immigrants to the U.S. were mostly males, arriving after 1848 as part of the California Gold Rush. The Page Act technically barred East Asian forced laborers, prostitutes, and convicts, but in practice the focus was on preventing polygamous Chinese marriage and native-born Chinese. While the number of Chinese immigrants actually increased after the Act, the female population dropped.5
Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims1
Recent debate over immigration and closed versus open borders raises questions about the American history of immigration. It seems that every native-born citizen is descended from immigrants; even the first Native Americans were new arrivals at some point.2 This article looks at tightening restrictions on immigration after the United States of America began in 1789.
For the first 86 years there were no immigration restrictions at all. The Page Act of 1875 was the first federal immigration law and marked the end of open borders. Rep. Horace F. Page (R-CA) introduced it to "end the danger of cheap Chinese labor and immoral Chinese women." The first Chinese immigrants to the U.S. were mostly males, arriving after 1848 as part of the California Gold Rush. The Page Act technically barred East Asian forced laborers, prostitutes, and convicts, but in practice the focus was on preventing polygamous Chinese marriage and native-born Chinese. While the number of Chinese immigrants actually increased after the Act, the female population dropped.5
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Facebook Ignores Privacy Settings
If you're using the internet, you've given away all rights to privacy.
In March 2018 it was reported that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, used Facebook data to build tools for President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Facebook said then that it had instituted stricter privacy protections. Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, told lawmakers in April that people “have complete control” over everything they share on Facebook.
However,
Facebook’s agreement comes from the company’s early data sharing in 2009, when it made some information from its 400 million users accessible to all of the internet. It shared information that included users’ locations and religious and political beliefs to help personalize sites like Bing.
Source: Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia, and Nicholas Confessore, "As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants," New York Times, December 19, 2018
"Steve Satterfield, Facebook’s director of privacy and public policy, said the sharing deals did not violate privacy rules because the partners functioned as extensions of the social network." (emphasis added)In other words, it's all internet.
In March 2018 it was reported that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, used Facebook data to build tools for President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Facebook said then that it had instituted stricter privacy protections. Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, told lawmakers in April that people “have complete control” over everything they share on Facebook.
However,
- • Facebook continued sharing for Pandora and other companies even after an F.T.C. agreement led to an official change in policy.
• Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of all Facebook users’ friends without consent, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.
• The Russian company Yandex, which has been accused of giving information to the Kremlin, had access to Facebook data as recently as last year.
• Facebook used contact lists from its partners, including Amazon, Yahoo and Huawei, to analyze relationships and suggest more connections.
• Facebook allowed Apple to hide all signs that it was asking for data. Apple had access to the contact numbers and calendar entries of people who had changed their account settings to disable all sharing.
• Facebook permitted Amazon to obtain users’ names and contact information through their friends, and it let Yahoo view streams of friends’ posts as recently as this summer.
• Sony, Microsoft, Amazon and others could obtain users’ email addresses through their friends, in spite of the user's privacy settings.
Facebook’s agreement comes from the company’s early data sharing in 2009, when it made some information from its 400 million users accessible to all of the internet. It shared information that included users’ locations and religious and political beliefs to help personalize sites like Bing.
Source: Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia, and Nicholas Confessore, "As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants," New York Times, December 19, 2018
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