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There's two reasons that Facebook is such a cesspit of disinformation, unproductive flamewars and trolling:First, it's too fucking big. That is, not only is Zuck monumentally unqualified to control the
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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The Qanon phenomenon is many things: for one thing, it's a grift. Q's top spokesgargoyles earn small fortunes in ad revenue, crowdfunding and merchandise.https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/15/out-here-everything-hurts/#q1/ But it's
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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In "Dependency Confusion," security researcher @alxbrsn describes how he made a fortune in bug bounties by exploiting a new supply-chain attack he calls "dependency confusion," which allowed him to compromise
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Yesterday, Canadian Innovation Minister @NavdeepSBains introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, which proposes a national privacy standard for Canada akin to Europe's #GDPR.https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-bill-bains-f
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2020 was a shitty year for most things, but it was a banner year for books about fighting monopolies, and for the fight itself. It started (in Dec '19) with
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).Inside: Mashapedia; The City We Became; Crowdsourcing a list of bad cops; Censorship, Parler and antitrust; and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/09/the-old-crow-is-getting-slow
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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I know it's a little late for Xmas shipping, but I'm FINALLY getting around to publishing a roundup of all the books I reviewed in 2019! Part 1: FICTION FOR
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If you're a technology user or even a systems designer, you deal with microprocessors as they are described by their manufacturers, having an enumerate list of capabilities and interfaces, there
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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Facebook has just entered antitrust hell, as nearly every US state and the federal government have taken the giant company to court, asserting that the company used predatory acquisitions to
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King Benjamin // might be a fed
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I agree. I do believe there is a good case to be made for why God would allow the ban to be put in place or even command the ban
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Christian Kerr đź–– Easements aren't the answer
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A little thread about attitudes to residential care and group supported living. Not very well thought out or anything, and by no means intended to 'get at' anyone, just some
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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There's lots of reasons for the renaissance in "newsletters" (what we used to call moderated mailing lists), but top of the list was the realization by all kinds of companies,
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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"Free Expression, Harmful Speech and Censorship in a Digital World," a new study from @knightfdn and @Gallup finds that Americans are notably skeptical of the idea that social media platforms
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Dana Aliya Levinson
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Seven years ago, I was involved with peace activism, fighting for an end to the occupation, and the dignity of Palestinian life. Today, I find myself fighting for the right
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Anand Giridharadas
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A lot of Never Trump Republicans who found new purpose in resisting Trump are going to need to reflect on their role starting tomorrow. The easy default will be to
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Cory Doctorow #BLM
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(Almost) all Americans hate their ISP. The exception? People who get their internet from their municipal governments. https://www.consumerreports.org/telecom-services/cord-cutting-continues-high-cable-pricing/Over 750 municipalities (mostly
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