Adopted Copyright Directive draft envisions “upload filters”

On 12 September, the European Parliament adopted changes to the draft Copyright Directive, which is a huge overturn of the Parliament’s previous position on the text which did not pass the vote in ...
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The Human Fabric of the Facebook Pyramid

n our previous research, we investigated different areas of the Facebook dispositif:[1] algorithmic and human labor, the digital infrastructure behind the social network, and the exploitation of ...
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Browsing Histories – Metadata Explorations

t was Friday morning. Mr. J woke up kind of late, in a bed in a rented apartment near People’s Park in Singapore. The pink sheets, beige walls, modest and minimalistic decoration in the flat made ...
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MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING POLITICAL INFORMATION WARFARE PART 1 : PROPAGANDA, DOMINATION & ATTACKS ON ONLINE MEDIA

”Throughout the history communication and information have been fundamental sources of power and counter-power, of domination and social change.This is because the fundamental battle being fought ...
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MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING POLITICAL INFORMATION WARFARE PART 2 : SOCIAL MEDIA BATTLEFIELD, ARRESTS and DETENTIONS

PART 2 : INDEX SOCIAL MEDIA WARS : THE GAME OF TROLL MAPPING THE TWITTER BATTLEFIELD CASE OF ARTIFICIAL POLITICAL HASH AGENTS ON TWITTER POLITICAL BUBBLES WITHIN FACEBOOK AQUARIUM ARRESTS AND ...
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IMMATERIAL LABOUR AND DATA HARVESTING – FACEBOOK ALGORITHMIC FACTORY (1)

This is the first story in our investigation trilogy titled Facebook Algorithmic Factory, created with the intention to map and visualise a complex and invisible exploitation process hidden ...
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Human Data Banks and Algorithmic Labour Facebook Algorithmic Factory (2)

This is the second story in our investigation trilogy titled Facebook Algorithmic Factory, created with the intention to map and visualise a complex and invisible exploitation process hidden behind ...
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Quantified Lives on Discount Facebook Algorithmic Factory (3)

This is the third and final story in our investigation trilogy titled Facebook Algorithmic Factory, created with the intention to map and visualise a complex and invisible exploitation process ...
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Colonization with love

ccording to Bulgarian theoretician Alexander Kiossev, there is something that he calls “Self-colonizing metaphor”. He used this concept for explaining cultures subordinated to the cultural power ...
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Monitoring the Russian Internet for Big Bucks

by: Global Voices Advocacy The Russian Federal Protective Service (FSO) is asking software developers to design a system that automatically monitors the country’s news and social media, ...
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