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Facebook, the company seeking to undermine its critics, has a powerful role in shaping whether and how news and information is presented to billions of people around the world. Facebook controls the hidden algorithms and other systems that decide what comes up in Instagram and Facebook experiences. And it does so in a way that is almost completely beyond our view, much less our control.

Totschlagargumente sind inhaltlich nahezu leere Argumente, also Scheinargumente, bloße Behauptungen oder Vorurteile, von denen der Sprecher annimmt, dass die Mehrheit der Diskussionsteilnehmer entweder mit ihm in der Bewertung übereinstimmt oder keinen Widerspruch wagt, da dies in der öffentlichen Meinung auf Ablehnung stößt (siehe Schweigespirale).

Tracking 16,704 populations of 4,005 vertebrate species, the LPI finds that global populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have declined, on average, by 60 percent between 1970 and 2014, the most recent year with available data.

A new study finds that frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians in the U.S. are dying off so quickly that they could disappear from half of their habitats in the next 20 years. For some of the more endangered species, they could lose half of their habitats in as little as six years.

The fecund abundance that is insects’ singular trait should enable them to recover, but only if they are given the space and the opportunity to do so.

“It’s a debate we need to have urgently,” Goulson says. “If we lose insects, life on earth will. ...” He trailed off, pausing for what felt like a long time.