Libra: Four reasons to be extremely cautious about Facebook’s new currency
Facebook unveiled ‘Libra’ in 2019, a cryptocurrency that will enable users to make international payments over Messenger and other group
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Big Media and Silicon Valley’s weaponized algorithms silence dissent
Given the Trust Project’s rich-get-richer impact on the online news landscape, it is not surprising to find that it is
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How Uber and other digital platforms trick us using behavioral science
Uber’s business model is incredibly simple: It’s a platform that facilitates exchanges between people. And Uber’s been incredibly successful at
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Global civil society urges WTO to abandon digital trade talks
As thousands gather for a global summit in Geneva, just weeks after some countries launched talks on “e-commerce” policies, more
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How Big Tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability
Big Tech does not want to be regulated. Personal information is the raw material for the algorithms that enable it
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How a neocon-backed ‘fact-checker’ plans to wage war on independent media
As Newsguard’s project advances, it will soon become almost impossible to avoid this neocon-approved news site’s ranking systems on any
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Blockchain, self-sovereign identity, and selling off humanity
It’s time activists began to develop a working knowledge of Blockchain and self-sovereign digital identity, because these are the mechanisms
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Aaron Swartz: The first victim of the cyberwar
Professor Pedro Rezende, a cryptographer at the University of Brasilia, considers Aaron Swartz the first big victim of the cyberwar.
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Google to punish alternative media by blocking ad revenue
Since the US election’s ‘surprise’ outcome, supporters of Hillary Clinton have been searching for who and what to blame. One
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‘Internet of Things’ an absolute goldmine for Big Brother, admits top US spy
DNI’s James Clapper acknowledges “intelligence services might use the [web-connected home devices] for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting
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