For all of the turbulent political events that have been witnessed across the globe in the past twelve months, it’s clear that it’s still economic affairs that keep the elite in power. But whilst dubious financial activities look to keep up current trends for global inequality, there’s hope that some ingenious new digital payment systems Read More…
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Your Up-To-Date Guide To Avoiding Internet Censorship & Getting Real Watchdog Journalism
There are lots of good strategies for beating both corporate and government Internet censors and snoops. These range from alternatives to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter — to direct subscriptions to authors and pubs — to setting up your own VPN. All are worth the effort. While Google’s Information Age dominance has long been recognized Read More…
Guamanians, Voiceless And Exploited US Citizens, Now In Bomb-Sights Of North Korea
With North Korea and the U.S. dramatically amping up the nuclear saber-rattling, the Pacific island of Guam, long a U.S. military outpost, suddenly finds itself under threat of attack. Its history is one of exploitation and mistreatment under more than a century of U.S. control. GUAM — Tensions rose yet again earlier this week between North Read More…
It’s Official: This Is Straight Out Of Orwell’s 1984
You can’t get a more literal interpretation. Google’s new document of guidelines that it will use to determine facts and punish websites is straight out of 1984. Is anyone going to say anything? And if they do, will anyone hear us? Melissa Dykes discusses how content is going to be buried in Google’s Internet of Truth. Read More…
Fired Coder Speaks Out On Google’s “Potentially Illegal Practices”, “Recorded Meetings” And “Science Denial”
For those who have managed to avoid this storyline, James Damore, now a former Google employee, caused outrage when he circulated a manifesto on Friday, complaining about Google’s “ideological echo chamber,” alleging women have lower tolerance for stress and that conservatives are more conscientious. By Monday, the chess master, who studied at Harvard, Princeton and MIT and worked Read More…
Microchipping Humans: First They Traded Freedom for Security, Now It’s Privacy for Convenience
RFID chips are in the news again, this time as employees volunteer for implants — but the chips’ convenience lures more to implants before the impact on rights can be assessed. If a steel truth exists in decades of technological innovation, it rests firmly in the convenience provided society — indeed, while the mother of Read More…