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First came the Patriot Act and the post-9/11 spawning of a global surveillance industry. Then the AT&T whistleblower came forward to tell us of secret rooms where data about global internet traffic was being forwarded to the National Security Agency. Then came Edward Snowden’s harrowing leaks and the confirmation of this massive data dragnet, f
... See moreNaomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Tout est là. Carmen Ortiz peut réserver un traitement de terroriste à Aaron. Non parce qu’il a volé des cartes bleues, bloqué des sites gouvernementaux ou subtilisé des informations confidentielles. Il fait, il est le lien entre politique et code, entre activisme et technologie. Il pense qu’Internet peut lever les foules et donner aux citoyens leur
... See moreFlore Vasseur • Ce qu'il reste de nos rêves (LITTERATURE (NO) (French Edition)
The free-market spirit permeated the sweeping Telecommunications Act of 1996. Promoted with great enthusiasm by President Bill Clinton and his technophilic vice president, Al Gore, the legislation stripped away most of the market strictures that had defined the structure of the media industry since the Communications Act of 1934. It erased the boun
... See moreNicholas Carr • Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Another 2015 analysis, this one of the top one million websites, by Timothy Libert of the University of Pennsylvania, found that 90 percent leak data to an average of nine external domains that track, capture, and expropriate user data for commercial purposes. Among these websites, 78 percent initiate third-party transfers to a domain owned by one
... See moreShoshana Zuboff • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019
Nenhuma quantidade de vigilância causa a menor preocupação ou provoca qualquer resistência.
Dave Eggers • O círculo (Portuguese Edition)
fragmentation of the social sense-making and collective action capacity
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Pluralistic: The disenshittified internet starts with loyal “user agents” (07 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Although Media Matters initially described itself, inauspiciously, as a progressive research and information center, it quickly earned its stripes as a pro-Democrat smear group. It exists to obliterate conservative thought and eradicate any person, place, or thing that’s perceived to be a threat—particularly to Hillary Clinton throughout her two pr
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