Pluralistic: VW wouldn't locate kidnapped child because his mother didn't pay for find-my-car subscription (28 Feb 2023)

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VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits.
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Pluralistic: 22 Aug 2022 Gmail will call the cops on you based on the content of your emails

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falsely told the police that a father was a molesting his son: Filternets fail.
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Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2022

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The Big Box of Sparkly Unicorn Magic: If Hobbes was a snarky unicorn and Calvin was an awesome little girl.
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Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2022

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The cruelty isn't the point: The point is power.
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Pluralistic: 06 Feb 2022

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Explaining UK Fair Dealing with Simpsons clips: An update to the classic "Fair(y) Use."
Woody Guthrie, Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom: 332 pages of inspiration, joy and fascinating tales of a true American hero.
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Pluralistic: 03 Jan 2022

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Happy Public Domain Day: The public domain continues to roar back after decades in a coma.
2021 Daddy-Daughter podcast: The latest in a lengthy series.
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Pluralistic: 07 Dec 2021

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Podcasting "Give Me Slack": On the parenting challenges of an era without second chances.
A lexicon of euphemisms for "corporate crime": Compliance, risk, white collar crime…
IP lawyers weaponize trade secrecy to stall vaccine waivers: But Karan Menon has their number.
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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2021

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Stockholm's war on interoperability: An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy.
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Pluralistic: 30 Aug 2021

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India's 'toxic' ed-tech giant: How Byju's hard-sells desperate parents into taking out predatory loans for their kids' education.
Podcasting "Utilities and Empires" and "FB's War on Switching Costs": A twofer from EFF's Deeplinks blog, on this week's podcast.
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Pluralistic: 11 Dec 2020

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Antitrust and Facebook's paid disinformation: By all means, look at the mergers, but don't forget the outsourcing!
Daddy Daughter Xmas Podcast 2020: An annual tradition.
A lethally boring story: How pharma monopolists escape liability.
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