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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Gaming the System: Should battle passes be the future of video games?

Nick Speranza January 25, 2022
The battle pass model epitomizes everything wrong with the future of tech.
Boston University’s International Business Club hosted a virtual “TikTok Case Study” examining the economic and political implications of the platform’s popularity. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students analyze business model behind TikTok

Toni Baraga October 13, 2020
BU's International Business club examines the virality of the app, which now has 91 million active monthly U.S. users.
East to West: September 8, 2020

East to West: September 8, 2020

Justin Tang September 8, 2020

Join us as we cover the protocol when a member of the BU faculty tests positive for COVID-19, how COVID-19 testing has changed depending on the influx of students, how Boston Public School students...

EDITORIAL: BPD's social media scanning is not an invasion of privacy

EDITORIAL: BPD’s social media scanning is not an invasion of privacy

Editors November 27, 2016

We are lucky to live in an era where our friends and family are often no more distant than a FaceTime away. We can text, post or tweet for days on end if we’d like. Yet, we must be aware of our actions...

OLIVIER: Is current police use of facial recognition a threat to the innocent?

OLIVIER: Is current police use of facial recognition a threat to the innocent?

Kaitlyn Olivier October 23, 2016

If you think facial profiling is strictly for the guilty, you will be shocked to learn that there is a high likelihood your profile is already flagged. According to an Atlantic article, there is “a 50...

EDITORIAL: The Tab's "must read," a lesson in journalistic ethics

EDITORIAL: The Tab’s “must read,” a lesson in journalistic ethics

Editors October 6, 2015

Boston University’s chapter of the online college news site The Tab posted what they called “A Must Read” piece on their Facebook page Monday morning. The piece, entitled “Fearless BU photographer...

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