Facebook content moderators required to sign non-disclosure agreements legally preventing them disclosing that they worked for Facebook or the horrific content they are required to view daily. African Content Moderators Union.
All electronic products are now potential bombs but they will only explode if you ever criticise apartheid, genocide, or ethnic cleansing. Fascists have nothing to fear.
https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-promises-to-not-make-your?s=09
Big Tech emissions from in-house data centers including Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple likely be 7.62 times higher than their official tally.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech?s=09
We are running a new Digital Development short course at @IDS_UK in January with guest lectures from @gbengasesan sharing his expertise in #DigitalRights. You can reserve your place by signing up here: https://www.ids.ac.uk/specialist-short-courses/inclusive-digital-transformation-in-international-development-in-person/
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"Not a single company that offers AI tools, that I know of, provides energy usage and carbon footprint information," making tech's damage to the planet incalculable
https://mashable.com/article/ai-environment-energy?s=09
Spyware threatens democratic values, public debate, civic spaces and the ability of journalists and activists to hold power accountable. Civil society coalition calls for regulation.
https://cdt.org/insights/civil-society-joint-statement-on-the-use-of-surveillance-spyware-in-the-eu-and-beyond/?s=09
Elon Musk has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents, spreading misinformation about racial minorities’ intelligence and physiology to his audience of 176.3 million followers
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/elon-musk-racist-tweets-science-video/?s=09
Israel is using Google Ads to run disinformation campaigns according to major UN aid agency.
https://www.wired.com/story/is
https://www.wired.com/story/israel-unrwa-usa-hamas-google-search-ads/?s=09
Telegram Founder and multi-billionaire Pavel Durov arrested in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/24/telegram-app-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-at-french-airport?s=09
Disinformation About US Elections Targets Communities of Color
Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/disinformation-about-us-elections-targets-communities-color?s=09
Social media platforms have cut their trust and safety teams in half just as AI-driven disinformation comes online and as billionaire owners gear up to directly influence US elections. What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/18/inciting-rioters-in-britain-was-a-test-run-for-elon-musk-just-see-what-he-plans-for-america?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&s=09
Pope Francis calls IDF terrorists
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/pope-francis-israel-gaza-deaths
‘Keyboard warrior’ from Lincoln jailed for three years for stirring up racial hatred after Southport deaths.
https://far-rightcriminals.com/2024/08/16/keyboard-warrior-from-lincoln-jailed-for-three-years-for-stirring-up-racial-hatred-after-southport-deaths/?s=09
People can’t take another wave of austerity and need to see a political movement, maybe beyond political parties, that gives them some hope.
https://labourhub.org.uk/2024/08/14/the-riots-a-classic-fascist-mobilisation/?t=eyBIreOau5Fy1FdlFj11GA&s=09
Bangladesh’s New Democracy Under Threat From Flood of Misinformation
https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/bangladeshs-new-democracy-under-threat-from-flood-of-misinformation/?s=09
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
1. Israel is bombing Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen & Syria.
2. International courts & human rights organisations confirm that Israel is guilty of war crimes, apartheid, illegal settlements, ethnic-cleansing & genocide.
3. The UK, Europe & US keep sending billions in weapons to Israel.
#MakeItMakeSense
Facebook is the Zombie internet populated increasingly by AI-generated fake content and automated bots. #TechWontSaveUs https://techwontsave.us/episode/227_facebook_is_the_zombie_internet_w_jason_koebler?s=09