The EU's new data privacy law is just about to come into effect (May 25th).
That law makes it very hard for Facebook and other services to collect data on individuals. Essentially, it sets a very high standard for privacy.
That's a problem for Facebook and many other Internet companies.
Facebook, and other tech companies, set up a fake International Head Quarters in Ireland to avoid paying US taxes.
How does the open source moral network -- the combo of the #resistance, #metoo and #neveragain -- turn lists of violators into something people can easily digest and act upon?
An online system that can work at scale?
I just saw something published on Twitter that moves this closer to reality.
Last month's Global Guerrillas report used a combination of:
to figure out how we can adapt to the challenges we face without the radical simplification of societal collapse.
When it comes to politics, it should be of no surprise to anyone that we're in uncharted, nonlinear territory now.
Weaponized social networks have seized control of the political process from the traditional political parties and their media gatekeepers. They are in charge now and, more importantly, they are rapidly evolving. Getting more powerful with each passing day.
Facebook just announced sweeping changes to fix significant problems with its newsfeed, the main conduit for news and information for over 2 billion people. However, the problems with Facebook's newsfeed won't be fixed with these tweaks. In fact, they are likely to get much worse as Facebook attempts to fix them.
The Russians have been using drone swarms against the Ukrainians to good effect (blowing up ammo dumps). Here's one being used against a Russian base on the coast of Syria.
Recount as reported by the Russian MoD reported it this morning:
China and the US are moving quickly towards a networked dystopia. I'm calling it the "long night" akin in ominousness to the dystopia Hayek saw ahead in his Road to Serfdom.
Social networking radically increases the...