Pluralistic: Saturday linkdump, part the sixth (09 Sept 2023)

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Saturday linkdump, part the sixth: The new digital disorder.
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (31 July 2023)

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Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it: "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" comes out from Verso on Sept 5.
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn" (18 July 2023)

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Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn": It's past time to evacuate the fire-zone.
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Pluralistic: Linkty Dumpty (15 July 2023)

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Linkty Dumpty: Things I thought about when I was supposed to be on holidays.
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Pluralistic: To save the news, repeal the app tax (07 June 2023)

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To save the news, repeal the app tax: The latest in "saving the news from Big Tech."
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Pluralistic: To save the news, ban surveillance ads (31 May 2023)

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To save the news, ban surveillance ads: No publisher will ever beat ad-tech at spying, but no tech company will ever understand a publisher's content better than they do.
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Pluralistic: To save the news, shatter ad-tech (25 May 2023)

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To save the news, shatter ad-tech: Structural separation will help the news claim their fair share.
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Pluralistic: How to save the news from Big Tech (18 May 2023)

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How to save the news from Big Tech: Four prescriptions from EFF.
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Pluralistic: Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher (15 May 2023)

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Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher: Dublin is a made town.
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Pluralistic: How tech does regulatory capture; Part 2 of the Red Team Blues serial (18 Apr 2023)

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How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories.
Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back from the brink.
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