“Whistleblower” Frances Haugen is a vital media and political asset because she advances their quest for greater control over online political discourse. Glenn Greenwald – Substack
Category Archives: Technology
After Facebook, big tech outages may be doomsday scenario in future conflict – analysis
5 October 2021. Jerusalem Post – Let enough people rely on just one or two tech giants for everything they do and you create a Pearl Harbor-like vulnerability.
Canadian government’s proposed online harms legislation threatens our human rights
5 October 2021. CBC – No other liberal democracy in the world has been willing to accept these restrictions, writes Ilan Kogan
Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin.
17 September 2021. The Hill – The Associated Press reported that the move comes after Apple and Google representatives were invited Thursday to meet at the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, after which the council said that Apple had agreed to cooperate with repeated demands from authorities to remove the app over concernsContinue reading “Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin.”
Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin.
Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin
As workers age, robots take on more jobs -study
16 September 2021 Reuters – It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are aging the most rapidly.
Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead.
15 September 2021. Wall Street Journal – Internal memos show how a big 2018 change rewarded outrage and that CEO Mark Zuckerberg resisted proposed fixes
Ray Dalio says if bitcoin is really successful, regulators will ‘kill it’
September 15 2021. CNBC – “I think at the end of the day if it’s really successful, they will kill it and they will try to kill it. And I think they will kill it because they have ways of killing it,”
Nicki Minaj says she’s in ‘Twitter jail,’ will never use platform again
15 September 2021. Fox Business – Rapper Nicki Minaj told her Instagram followers on Wednesday that she has been placed in “Twitter jail” and will never use Twitter again, but Twitter says the company took no actions against her account.
Amazon’s Palm Reader Launches at First Non-Amazon Venue in Sneak Peek of Our Biometric-Based Future
14 September 2021. Gizmodo – Amazon One is already being used at Amazon’s brick-and-mortar stores, as well as several Whole Foods, which Amazon also owns, where people who sign up for Amazon One provide a scan of their palm-print. Once registered, those palm prints can then be used to purchase items.