Barack Obama

Former US President Barack Obama has outlined a range of rising concerns with the modern media landscape, and social media specifically, along with potential solutions that could help to address social platform ‘design flaws’ that are facilitating the spread of toxic content and misinformation online. In a broad-ranging speech on…

A former president of the United States has their pick of big problems to tackle once they leave office. Jimmy Carter worked on housing. Bill Clinton spent much of his time working to fight HIV and AIDS. Barack Obama, who has been out of office for six years, has so…

Technology companies must be reined in to address the “weakening of democratic institutions around the world”, Barack Obama said Thursday, in a sweeping keynote speech on the perils of disinformation. Speaking at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, the former president made his most extensive remarks yet about the technology landscape,…

Democracy is being eroded by an overwhelming information ecosystem buoyed by major tech platforms, former President Barack Obama said Thursday. Why it matters: Obama's comments reflect a shift in his feelings toward technology, in contrast to his embrace of Silicon Valley and social media as a force for good as…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Entertainment Life & Style UK Politics World Royal Science Weather Weird History Obituaries Nature Sunday BREXITEER Darren Selkus has compared the EU Commission's supposed interference with the French Election to Barack Obama meddling…

A new team member! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hired Christopher Sanchez, who used to work for former U.S. president Barack Obama, as part of their security team. The former Secret Service agent has been spotted alongside the Duke of Sussex, 37, and his wife, 40, at this year’s Invictus…

Some complicated factors taking place for Joe Biden and his trip to New Hampshire today: Today’s @POTUS trip to New Hampshire is the first Air Force One flight since the ruling that effectively ended the mask mandate on public transit and planes. In a note to those traveling with the…

Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy pushed back Wednesday at progressives who had criticized his appearing with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Mr. Dungy noted on Twitter that his home-state governor was signing a pro-fatherhood bill about which he had said nothing that former President Barack Obama didn’t. “2 days ago…

During his monologue Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel talked about a lot of things, from the Los Angeles Lakers’ crappy season, to the Capitol fox. One amusing moment came when he talked about “Our Great National Parks,” the new Netflix documentary series produced by former President Barack Obama. Or rather, Kimmel ran…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Entertainment Life & Style UK Politics World History Royal Science Obituaries Weather Weird Nature Sunday JOE BIDEN was caught in an "uncomfortable" video when Barack Obama returned to the White House on Wednesday.…