Today's links
- Facebook's right, Apple is too powerful: And so is Facebook.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Tag: facebook
Pluralistic: 15 Jun 2022
Today's links
- Boy, gig companies sure hire disastrously sloppy lawyers: $100m flushed down the drain in Massachusetts.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 18 May 2022
Today's links
- A(nother) way in which Facebook is the 21st Century's tobacco industry: Millions for front groups who insist that only Mark Zuckerberg can save us from Xi Jinping.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 27 Apr 2022
Today's links
- How police backdoors for online services let sextortionists target children: There is no such thing as a back-door that only lets the good guys through.
- Laura Jean McKay's "The Animals in That Country": A brilliant debut novel of too much understanding.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 18 Apr 2022
Today's links
- Podcasting "Big Tech Isn’t Stealing News Publishers’ Content": "…It's stealing their money."
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 23 Mar 2022
Today's links
- Facebook's genocide filters are really, really bad: An AI that can't recognize its own training data is a very, very bad AI.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 08 Mar 2022
Today's links
- How and why to break up Big Tech: My new Locus column, "Vertically Challenged."
- The Dawn of Everything: An essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 17 Feb 2022
Today's links
- The last days of Myspace: Facebook is following the steep decline playbook.
- The child labor story hidden by the Great Resignation: Bosses want to turn kids into scabs.
- This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 08 Oct 2021
Today's links
- Facebook shouldn't be in charge of how you use Facebook: Unfollow Everything and the need for (good) tech regulation.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 30 Sep 2021
Today's links
- Facebook thrives on criticism of "disinformation": They'd rather be evil than incompetent.
- This day in history: 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading