Technology matters, but how real are our virtual lives at work and play?

Wouldn't be surprised to see some US Lawyer step in saying that you can't use "matters" as that's copyrighted by the BLM movement.

If there is one thing our democracy needs, it is fact checking.

"Facts" are debatable these days. If we were to read anything factual... it would be dry, limited to bullet points and wouldn't really be interesting - so you wouldn't go out and buy such a factual Newspaper...

Any if you believe the "fact" information in Tech Companies Legal texts when you sign up for services, you would probably read between the lines and not use those services.