AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn
psychology Eminent psychologists condemn "emotion detection" systems as being grounded in junk science Cory Doctorow
surveillance Empirical analysis of behavioral advertising finds that surveillance makes ads only 4% more profitable for media companies Cory Doctorow
Business AT&T's dystopian advertising vision perfectly illustrates the relationship between surveillance and monopoly Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Exclusive: "More Data": Negativland's video short about data privacy and surveillance Mark Hosler, Negativland
surveillance capitalism Stop & Shop strike convinces 75% of loyal customers to take business elsewhere Cory Doctorow
law The Antitrust Case Against Facebook: a turning point in the debate over Big Tech and monopoly Cory Doctorow
privacy Canadian Civil Liberties Association sues Toronto, Ontario, and Canada over the plan for a Google Sidewalk Labs "smart city" in Toronto Cory Doctorow
Business Illinois almost passed a bill that banned devices that record you without your consent — and then Big Tech stepped in Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon stores recordings of Alexa interactions and turns them over to internal staff and outside contractors for review Cory Doctorow
facebook Mobile apps built with Facebook's SDK secretly shovel mountains of personal information into the Zuckermouth Cory Doctorow
privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn
privacy Vast majority of Americans and Europeans believe ad-targeting and feed customization are immoral Cory Doctorow
google Amazon is using purchase data to sell targeted ads, which is creepy, but not because they've invented a mind-control ray Cory Doctorow
surveillance American prisoners coerced or tricked into providing voice-prints for use in eternal, secret, unchecked surveillance Cory Doctorow
facebook Facebook cancels its all-spying, secret "research" program, Apple cancels Facebook's developer account Cory Doctorow
