Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it
Have you ever been called a Luddite? We have – usually as an insult, rooted in a popular misconception that Luddites are anti-progress fanatics.
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The Twitter Surveillance State
When Justine Sacco, who in 2013, before a flight to South Africa, tweeted a joke about getting AIDS on Twitter it blew up, as did her life.
The Analog City and the Digital City
Since the advent of the Internet roughly a half century ago, digital media has been heralded as an agent of empowerment and democratic liberation.
Why a decentralized Internet is important for Businesses
The Internet’s first two decades, roughly from the 1980s to the early 2000s, was built on open protocols and managed by the community.
Remote and hybrid Work in 2022 – Trends and Predictions
Companies that refuse to accept the new reality of remote and hybrid work (without good reasons) will start to look out of date , especially as the…
The New Net Delusion
In June 2009, large protests broke out in Iran in the wake of a disputed election result. The unrest did not differ all that much from comparable episodes…
People are learning the wrong lessons from the Facebook Papers
Recent Facebook leaks have prompted an avalanche of suggestions for fixing social media ’s negative effects on society.
How to Fix Social Media
Around two o’clock in the afternoon on October 30, 1973, a disc jockey at the New York City radio station WBAI played a track called “Filthy Words” from…
Google Is Letting People Find Invites to Some Private WhatsApp Groups – VICE
Whatsapp users have been able to invite other users to a group chat using a link. If you open a link invitation, you will automatically be added to the…
Personal Data Is Valuable. Give Pricing Power to the People | WIRED
Wired article by Olaf Groth , Tobias Straube and Dan Zehr discussing a market that establishes a price for privacy-assured data and returns a fair share…