Davos 2023: When is it and what’s on the WEF agenda?
All you need to know about the World Economic Forum’s Davos 2023 meeting taking place this month in Switzerland
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Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals
A new law on social services in Serbia provides for the collection of a large amount of personal data of beneficiaries, to be analysed with an algorithm that evaluates their socio-economic condition
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Leaked files show DHS “Ministry of Truth” lives on in secret
The files also show that this board never died but just rebranded and lives on, outsourced to sham NGOs and non-profits to “avoid the appearance of government propaganda.”
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Why Amazon can expect a free ride under Rishi Sunak
Any chance of appropriate scrutiny of the company – whether in terms of taxation or privacy concerns – is unlikely
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EU’s Russia stance part of plan to introduce digitalized energy supply
Much how COVID-19 was used as a pretext to normalise the restrictions of liberties at the mercy of a government
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PayPal censorship: Organizations defunded on ideological grounds
PayPal has defunded a number of organisations on tenuous grounds in recent days, which should raise serious alarm about freedom
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The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook’s content policy
Alan MacLeod, MintPress News It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and
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China’s EU outpost: Beijing dominates Cyprus tech infrastructure
Huawei dominates the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores
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Tech firms are making computer chips with human cells
Various companies are taking groups of human neurons and incorporating them into a computer chip, with ethical considerations a mere after thought
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Digital colonialism: The evolution of the US empire
American Big Tech companies are gaining massive profits through control over business, labor, media and entertainment in the Global South
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