Headline May 09, 2018/ ''' STUDENTS* -TECH- STRADDLES '''

''' STUDENTS* -TECH- STRADDLES '''

STUDENT SALAR Khan Yusafzai - *The United States and proud Pakistan* - the future astrophysicist to the world, like his very great parents - is one very high class lad.

His outstanding work, to the causes dear to humanity, has earned him great distinctions with a letter of appreciation from - America's very loved president, President Barrack H Obama.   

It is a great honor for The World Students Society to nominate him as the Global Head of the *International Page* on Sam Daily Times : *The Voice of the Voiceless*.

Salar Khan, will, on as regular basis as possible, source *knowledge content*, compose and email to Samdailytimes. blogspot. com. And with that -

The World Students Society, stands up and tall, and gives Student Salar Khan a standing ovation.

A FACEBOOK NOTIFICATION on Gary Bernhardt's phone woke him up one night last November with incredible news :

A message from Mark Zuckerberg himself,, saying that he had won $750,000 in the Facebook lottery.

''I got all excited. Wouldn't you?'' said Mr. Bernhardt, 67, a retired forklift driver and a Army veteran in Ham Lake, Minn. He stayed up until dawn, trading messages with the person on the other end.

To obtain his winnings, he was told, he first needed to send $200 in iTunes gift cards.

Hours later, Mr. Bernhardet bought the gift cards at a gas station and sent the redemption codes to the account that said it was Mr. Zuckerberg. But the requests for money didn't stop.

By January, Mr. Bernhardet had wired an additional $1,130 in cash, or about a third of his Social Security checks over three months.

Mr. Bernhardt eventually realized that he had been the unwitting victim of a scam that has thrived on Facebook and Instagram by using the sites own brands - and its top executives - to lure people in.

At a time when the real Mr. Zuckerberg has vowed to clean up Facebook, the Silicon Valley  company has failed to eliminate impostor accounts masquerading as him and his chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, to swindle Facebook users out of thousands of dollars.

Dear Students - Dear tech workers:

Believe Ya me, students could fix the tech industry. Students could fix anything : Corruption, Criminals and Crooks.

Some tech workers are already starting to flex their muscles. Employees of large tech companies led an effort to oppose the travel ban announced by President Trump last year.

And employees of Facebook, Google. Intel, Cisco and Stripe attended a demonstration at the headquarters of Palantir to protest the company's development of surveillance technology for federal immigration enforcers.

Just so recently, Google's employees signed a letter objecting to the company's involvement in a  Pentagon Program that could use artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of drone strikes.

But all these are just warm-up skirmishes. For maximum impact, tech workers will need to scrutinize not just their employers's government ties, but their products, business models and basic standards.

And they'll need to do it in public.

Just so recently, more than 3,000 Google employees signed a letter objecting to the company's involvement in a Pentagon Program that could use artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of drone strikes.

Recall what happened at Uber. Woman inside the company complained for years about the problematic behavior of Travis Kalanick and other company leaders.

But it wasn't until Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, published her story of sexual harassment that things changed.

Without Ms. Fowler's brave disclosure - and her colleagues willingness to back her up after she went public - it's entirely possible that Mr. Kalanick would still be Uber's chief executive and the company would still be run by boorish bros.

Typically, when workers speak out or organize, it's because they want higher wages, better working conditions or stronger job security.

Those aren't your problems.

You probably work manageable hours in tastefully decorated buildings with free food, ergonomic desk furniture and plentiful amenities.

Your compensation is generous. And you're in little danger of being fired or retaliated against, especially of you're a part of a large group.

The possibilities for you are so much greater.

*What if Facebook employees publicly took their executives to task for neglecting the real world  violence their products are causing in places like Myanmar and Sri Lanka?* 

The Honor and Serving of the latest Operational Research on Students, Technology and State of the world continues. As always The World Students Society thanks author and researcher Kevin Rose.

With respectful dedication to the Leaders, Students, Professors and Teachers of the world.

See Ya all register on !WOW! - The World Students Society and Twitter - !E-WOW! - the Ecosystem 2011:

''Fixing -!WOW!- Fame'''

Good Night and God Bless

SAM Daily Times - the Voice of the Voiceless