Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/09/30/don…
#Pluralistic
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Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation": They'd rather be evil than incompetent.
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#5yrsago Your next DDoS attack, brought to you courtesy of the IoT community.broadcom.com/symantecenterp…
#1yrago Block Google-Fitbit pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the…
#1yrago The Years of Repair pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the…
#1yrago Private equity's profitable murder pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the…
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#1yrago Attack Surface on the MMT Podcast pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the…
#1yrago Witch pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the…
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Yesterday's threads: Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid; "Are you calling me a racist?"; Wells Fargo can't stop criming; and more!
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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."
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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:
onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…
Signed copies here:
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Upcoming appearances:
* Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, @TechPolicyPress, Oct 7
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
* From Wayback to Way Forward: The @InternetArchive turns 25, Oct 21
eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback…
* Keynote for @SeaGL 2021, Nov 5-6
seagl.org/news/2021/06/0…
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Recent appearances:
* Community & Technology
* Infosec Apocaylpse (We're In podcast)
were-in.simplecast.com/episodes/cory-…
* Walled Culture
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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.
pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…
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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
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My latest @Medium column is "Take It Back," about the obscure and absolutely essential right of authors to take back their copyrights after 35 years, and what it means for Disney/Marvel.
doctorow.medium.com/take-it-back-e…
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…
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Today's top sources: @Techdirt (techdirt.com).
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