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Moving to Substack
I have been mostly silent on this site for some time now. I’ve picked up writing again, and will be posting on topics relating to the interface of AI / Democracy on my Substack: https://substack.com/@bravenewdigitalspace?r=2csurw&utm_medium=ios
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Push to reform murky adtech industry threatening existing duopoly by Facebook / Google
A push to reform murky ad tech industry practices in Europe, and the viability of data transfers over the pond has been all over the news last week. Twitter is full with Mark Zuckerberg’s response yesterday questioning the ability to provide its main services Facebook and Instagram within the EU in the future, if data…
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Web3 hype? A critical perspective
Web3 and its promise of decentralisation appears so appealing to many, it has become a hype. BUT, decentralisation also entails a lot of problems. There is a cost: economically and in terms of online harms that have been exacerbated already. But let’s take a step back. What is web3? If you ask S. Galloway, it…
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Why diversification in tech and data is not enough – a feminist perspective:
Have you heard of a feminist approach to data protection? I am quite intrigued by the possibility of understanding, criticising and reimagining data protection in feminist terms. The editorial published on Internet Policy Review below explores some current topics on data protection under a feminist perspective. Below I have summarised some of the talking points that stood out…
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Regulating the ad tech industry to minimise discrimination by association
Why do we need regulation for online advertisement? Algorithms can draw inferences about sensitive personal traits such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and religious beliefs based on our browsing behaviour. This data is very valuable. BUT, creating user groups using this kind of sensitive data is illegal under the current EU data protection regulation. To sidestep…
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The tech / security legacy of January 6
I wanted to offer a slightly different perspective and contextualise what happened on Januar 6 in terms of tech / security, because my background is in security and social movements, and this event can be deconstructed in these terms. So to keep things as simple as possible, and look at it from a different perspective,…
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