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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

Feb 22

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Podcasting Part III of "The Internet Heist"; China hamstrings its Big Tech; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/02/22/nat…

#Pluralistic 1/

@StanfordCyber

This week, I'm on two online panels about #Web3 and activism.

Today (Feb 22)
The Policy Implications of Web3/@StanfordCyber:
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/policy-…

Thu (Feb 24)
Web3 for Activists: What Could Go Right, What Could Go Wrong (@fightfortheftr/@amnesty)
amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1495780159043084289

Podcasting Part III of "The Internet Heist": In which the cartel gives itself a veto over your family life.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1495780159043084289

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

Feb 22

The Chinese state is continuing its crackdown on its Big Tech giants, banning the use of machine learning to set per-customer prices, control search results, or filter content. 1/

If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2022/02/22/nat… 2/

@willknight

As @willknight and @jenniferconrad write for @WIRED, the regulation covers "ride-hailing, ecommerce, streaming, and social media."

wired.com/story/china-re… 3/

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

Feb 21

Satan’s Rhapsody (1917, Italy) Dir. Nino Oxilia wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/676811027…

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

Feb 21

@Medium

This week on my podcast, I read the final part of "The Internet Heist," my @Medium series on the copyright wars' early days, when the entertainment and tech giants tried to leverage the digital TV transition into a veto over every part of our lives.

onezero.medium.com/the-internet-h… 1/

@phrma

In Part I, I described the bizarre #BroadcastFlag project, where Hollywood studios and Intel colluded with a corrupt congressman (later @phrma's top lobbyist) to ban any digital product unless it had DRM and blocked free/open source software:

onezero.medium.com/the-internet-h… 2/

In Part II, I recount the failure of the Broadcast Flag (killed by a unanimous Second Circuit decision), and how the studios pivoted to "plugging the #AnalogHole": mandatory kill-switches for recorders to block recording of copyrighted works:

onezero.medium.com/the-internet-h… 3/

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Cory Doctorow

@doctorow

Feb 21

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak; The people's disruption; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/02/21/con…

#Pluralistic 1/

@StanfordCyber

This week, I'm on two online panels about #Web3 and activism.

Feb 22
The Policy Implications of Web3/@StanfordCyber:
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/policy-…

Feb 24
Web3 for Activists: What Could Go Right, What Could Go Wrong (@fightfortheftr/@Amnesty)
amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/