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The banal evil of Big Tech, and who I wish reacted more to it

Big Tech is just banal, after all. In a way that makes me long for much more reactions to it by certain “groups”.

What if we just outlawed INSTANTNESS in social networks?

To see what I mean, let’s start from some facts (emphasis mine):

Social media infer a lot and it's all YOUR fault

Inference plus facial recognition are BAD, but what makes them actually toxic is you.

Machine learning for security clearances... of a Snowden Generation?

What happens when you spend tons of money on sophisticated people-monitoring algorithms, but the people to monitor…

Breaking up Facebook? Einstein would not be happy

I have explained many times while I believe that forcing social networks to follow real interoperability standards is so much more important than “breaking them up”…

A dangerous way to fix radicalization by video? Suggestions of opposite videos

The internet is radicalizing people (mostly men). An expert suggested a dangerous solution.