TED Talks
Telegram's Legal Challenges and the Future of Digital Communication Governance
The legal actions against Telegram founder Pavel Durov highlight critical issues surrounding digital communication platforms. With Durov ordered to report to French authorities biweekly following his release, the case raises questions...
TED Talks
Privacy, Regulation, and the Future of Global Platforms
The future of Telegram remains uncertain as it faces legal challenges and regulatory scrutiny from multiple governments. While the platform has adopted a combative stance, its model—offering partially open communication but resisting...
TED Talks
Rethinking Responsibility in the Digital Age
The debate over holding social media users accountable for harmful or false content highlights the tension between free speech and the responsibilities that come with vast online reach. Online democracy advocate Eli Pariser explains...
TED Talks
Telegram and Global Governance: Navigating Free Speech, Crime, and Cross-Border Regulation
The recent charges against Telegram founder Pavel Durov by France, followed by similar actions from South Korea, highlight the growing tension between governments and global tech platforms. These cases underscore the challenges in...
TED Talks
Balancing Local Control and Cross-Border Challenges on Digital Platforms
Currently, governments individually regulate platforms like Telegram within their jurisdictions, leading to fragmented oversight despite the global nature of these platforms. This raises questions about how to create a balanced...
TED Talks
Balancing Free Speech and Accountability: The Telegram Controversy
Telegram founder Pavel Durov, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, faces scrutiny as his platform navigates the complexities of enabling open communication while addressing criminal misuse, including child sexual abuse material....
TED Talks
Arrest of Telegram Founder Sparks Debate on Free Speech and Tech Regulation
TED’s Whitney Pennington Rodgers sits down with Eli Pariser examine the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France. The arrest sparked debates on free speech, tech regulation, and government oversight in digital platforms. The...
PBS
How Far Beyond Earth Could Humanity Spread?
We humans have always been explorers. The great civilizations that have arisen across the world are owed to our restless ancestors. These days, there’s not much of Earth left to explore. But if we look up, there’s a whole universe out...
TED Talks
TED: A new way to heal hearts without surgery | Franz Freudenthal
At the intersection of medical invention and indigenous culture, pediatric cardiologist Franz Freudenthal mends holes in the hearts of children across the world, using a device born from traditional Bolivian loom weaving. "The most...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Ethical dilemma: The burger murders | George Siedel and Christine Ladwig
You founded a company that manufactures meatless burgers that are sold in stores worldwide. But you've recently received awful news: three people in one city died after eating your burgers. A criminal has injected poison into your...
Crash Course
YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42
Engineering helped make this video possible. This week we’ll look at how it’s possible for you to watch this video with the fundamentals of signal processing. We’ll explore things from Morse Code, to problems like bandwidth capacity and...
SciShow
Should You Stop Saying 'Like' and 'Um'?
Y’know lots of people say you shouldn’t use, like...filler words, but uh, should you really like, stop using them?
Curated Video
Italy Negotiating
New ReviewHaggling over prices is a national Italian pastime. So be prepared—Italians tend to relish the art of negotiating. In general, negotiations take place among managers of equal rank. The Italians may seem informal, but take care not to...
Curated Video
Italy Relating and Communicating
New ReviewItalians are lively communicators and literally speak with their hands—at times, they use their entire bodies! They generally stand close together and often touch each other’s arms or shoulders while talking. In fact, touching someone is...
Curated Video
Germany Media and Communication
New ReviewGermans are avid newspaper readers, and the traveler will soon become familiar with the major ones. Unlike other European countries, there are only four major national newspapers. Learn about each one, including what each covers. If your...
Curated Video
Developing a Global Mindset
New ReviewOver time, the expansion of trade and the exchange of ideas and cultures have led to an increasingly interconnected global economy. As countries, companies, and people reassess how to operate globally, it’s clear that the way we interact...
Curated Video
High-Context vs. Low-Context Communications
New ReviewWhen it comes to communication, cultures can be high-context or low-context—and this is one of the key ways that cultures differ. In low-context cultures, people tend to be explicit and direct in their communications. In high-context...
Curated Video
Germany Non-Verbal Communication
New ReviewGermans rely very little on body language, although it is still an important part of communication. In general, they consider hand gestures unnecessary. They focus instead on communicating well verbally. Someone who expresses himself or...
Curated Video
France Non verbal Communication
New ReviewIn France, what's left unsaid is often more eloquent than what is verbalized. Curious about how to read French body language and interpret gestures such as smiles or eye contact? Learn more about how the French subtly use body language...
Curated Video
Language in France
New ReviewFrench is the official language of commerce in France, but English words are permeating business and social conversations. Generational and industry differences impact English usage. Additionally, many young French are also likely to...
Curated Video
Communicating Virtually Across Cultures
New ReviewGlobalization has increased our interactions and communications with colleagues around the world. It’s tempting to think that just because we have access to phones and teleconferencing platforms, communications are the same everywhere....
Curated Video
Hierarchy and Authority
New ReviewPower distance and how local cultures view hierarchy are very important. Curious about the meaning of power distance? Power distance refers to how openly a society or culture accepts or does not accept differences between people. Explore...
Curated Video
South Africa Negotiating
New ReviewPursue due diligence in negotiating with South African concerns. This isn’t to say that there are lots of traps awaiting the unwary. In fact, there are relatively few. However, there are considerable differences within the business...
Curated Video
Japan Language
New ReviewThe standard dialect of Japanese is spoken throughout the country, although there are some regional differences in accent. English is taught in many schools and is the most common language other than Japanese that is spoken in the...