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Inside: Backdooring a summarizerbot to shape opinion; and more!

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#Montreal! I'm at @ArgoBookshop this Sunday (10/23):
eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctoro…

And #Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
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Backdooring a summarizerbot to shape opinion: Model spinning maintains accuracy metrics, but changes the point of view.

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Hey look at this

* Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker theverge.com/23409716/signa… (h/t @nelson) 4/

#15yrsago Italy proposes a Ministry of Blogging with mandatory blog-licensing web.archive.org/web/2007102102…

#15yrsago German music publisher claims that nothing is public domain until its copyright runs out in every country web.archive.org/web/2007102211… 5/

#10yrsago Pirate Cinema presentation at Brooklyn’s WORD

#5yrsago Kids’ smart watches are a security/privacy dumpster-fire fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/upl…

#1yrago Imperfections in your Bluetooth beacons allow for unstoppable tracking pluralistic.net/2021/10/21/sid… 6/

Yesterday's threads: It was all downhill after the Cuecat; and more!

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 9/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @BeaconPressBks et al) 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:

* Chokepoint Capitalism Event, @ArgoBookshop (Montreal), 10/23
eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctoro…

* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics, with @rushkoff and @rgibli, Ottawa @Writersfest, 10/24
writersfestival.org/events/fall-20… 11/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Launch for xychelsea's "Readme.txt: A Memoir" (Bookshop.org), 10/26:
xychelsea.tv/#event-booksho…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org/registration

* #RadicalBookFair/@Lighthousebks (Edinburgh), 11/10
lighthousebookshop.com/events/chokepo… 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
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Recent appearances:

* Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan (@lithub)
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* Sex and Politics with @fakedansavage (use code "Doctorow" for a free month):
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* Regulating the Online Public Sphere (@ColumbiaGFoE)
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Happy #SpookySeason! My picture book "Poesy the Monster Slayer" is the perfect read for your little monsters: it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by @mcrockefeller.

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My latest Medium column is "Unspeakable: Big-Tech-as-cop vs. abolishing Big Tech"

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