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Did you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?
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#BigTech #fascism #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #BigData #AI
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of decentralized blockchain Ethereum, has issued a warning to his fellow tech leaders against choosing a candidate purely based on whether they claim to be “pro-crypto.”
While he didn’t name any candidate specifically, his warning comes just one day after prominent venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz announced their support for Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
“In a blog post, Buterin said it’s more important to scrutinize a candidate’s broader policies to ensure they support cryptocurrency’s underlying goals, including internationalism and protection for private communications,” reports @Techcrunch. Here’s more.
Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?
Show folks this:
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@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.
#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley
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“The fact that large platforms are adopting ActivityPub is not only validation of the movement towards decentralized social media, but a path forward for people locked into these platforms to switch to better providers. Which in turn, puts pressure on such platforms to provide better, less exploitative services. This is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come.”
Famous last words.
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#mastodon #fediverse #threads #BigTech #SiliconValley #zeroSumGame
What to know about Threads
There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.Mastodon Blog
Silicon Valley Bank collapse sends tech startups scrambling
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That story again:
#SiliconValley tech startups learn first hand about the dangers of centralization. 👀
#SVB
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“Many browsers and anti-spyware applications are designed to reject and delete third-party cookies. Adobe ensures that cookies can always we [sic] set even if third-party cookies are blocked.”
That feeling when you admit you’re spyware.
#Adobe #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #adtech #spyware #SiliconValley #BigTech via @GossiTheDog
… Or, in what a previous head of public policy at Mozilla told me while we were chatting before our talks at a data protection conference:
“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”
When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”
3/3
If you use the Firefox browser – or a privacy-respecting Firefox fork, like LibreWolf (librewolf.net/) – take a look at the LibRedirect extension (libredirect.github.io/). It automatically redirects links/embeds of surveillance capitalists like Google (YouTube, etc.), Instragram, Twitter, Reddit, etc. to community-run instances that remove tracking, etc.
#selfDefense #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #SiliconValley #libRedirect
LibreWolf Browser
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.librewolf.net
“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company.”
– Jack Dorsey, the cunt who made his billions by making Twitter a company and not a public good.
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#SiliconValley #hypocritical #billionaire #cunts
Elon Musk has subpoenaed former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
The subpoena calls for Dorsey to reveal documents relating to the merger deal as Musk sharpens his knives ahead of a legal battle in October.Vish Gain (Silicon Republic)
“‘I’m very proud’ – French president Emmanuel Macron bites back at criticism after ‘Uber files’ revelations”
That’s because you’re a neoliberal cunt of the first degree, Monsieur le Président.
#macron #uber #neoliberalism #institutionalCorruption #france #siliconValley
‘I’m very proud’ – French president Emmanuel Macron bites back at criticism after ‘Uber files’ revelations
French president Emmanuel Macron has said he would not change a thing in the approach he took to US ride-hailing…inkl
Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 2 of 2)
Oh, I don’t know…
“When the company needed data to influence policymakers, according to The Guardian’s report, it also paid academics to publish research that would bolster its misleading economic claims about the company’s business model”
#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles
Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 1 of 2)
Oh, I don’t know…
“Uber tried to recover its image by courting politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron of France. Texts show how Macron went out of his way to bolster Uber’s growth in France and allowed the company to maintain regular communication with his immediate staff.”
#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles
‘We’re just f---ing illegal’: Leaked documents show Uber thwarted police and secretly courted politicians
The ride-share service is under investigation after texts, emails, memos and other documents reveal how executives engaged in questionable practices…inkl
Your daily reminder that the W3C is the standards body of people farming.
#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #w3c
IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful
“IAB Europe ‘was aware of risks linked to non-compliance’ and ‘was negligent.’”
IAB Europe is the online advertising industry’s (aka adtech aka the folks I call “people farmers” trade body)
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Via @jayrope
#GDPR #consent #privacy #IAB #adtech #peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #SiliconValley
GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful
EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and Microsoft’s online advertising businesses.Johnny Ryan (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)