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The Information Commissioner opens a formal investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes
Originally published on Information Commissioner’s blog on May 17th, 2017 In March we announced we were conducting an assessment of the data…
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The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Originally published on faz.net Governmental control is nothing compared to what Google is up to. The company is creating a wholly new…
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Surrender to Surveillance – Virtual Futures Salon
Virtual Futures presents a discussion on technologies of surveillance, the infringements on privacy by the state, restrictions of individual freedom and the…
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Policy questions for 2022 – Net.wars by Wendy Grossman
For last weekend’s OpenTech I had recklessly suggested imagining the Daily Mail headlines of the future. Come to actually plan the talk,…
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Google’s You Tube rating illusion – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on pelican crossing.net on the net.wars column Before there was the internet there were commercial information services and conferencing systems.…
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Re-accommodating… – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on the Net.Wars column on pelicancrossing.com Last year, some folks at MIT implemented a version of the trolley problem they called the Moral Machine, a series…
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Can coders really write the future? by Soul Labels – 19th April 2017
Soul Labels X 64 Bits presents… Can Coders Really Write the Future? Coding bootcamps are everywhere, welcoming everyone from “women and non-binary folk” to refugees. Household…
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Offline is the New Luxury by Alison Ballard
Date: 07 – 16 April 2017 More info Venue: Furtherfield Gallery Private View: Thursday 6 April 2017, 6 – 8 pm (register) Open 11…
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Google vs book authors as Fair Use bites – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on the Net.Wars column on pelicancrossing.com This week, the veteran screenwriter Ken Levine started a thread on outdated terms in common use…
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Nu Web – what is to be done? Tim Berners-Lee on Internet regulatory ‘blind spots’ and political advertising scams
Originally published on March 12, 2017 Today is the world wide web’s 28th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web…
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