• Global • Technology

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    Anne Applebaum

    The Atlantic

    If people are naturally drawn to the image of human rights, to the language of democracy, to the dream of freedom, then those concepts have to be poisoned.

    Published On: 05/06/2024

  • Social Media • Technology

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    Morgan Meaker

    Wired

    In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs.

    Published On: 04/09/2024

  • Democracy • Technology

    The Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality

    Jonathan Taplin

    Vanity Fair

    In an excerpt from his new book, The End of Reality, the author warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.

    Published On: 08/22/2023

  • Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Press Freedom • Resistance • Technology

    Lessons from Investigative Journalists in Exile

    Rowan Philp

    Global Investigative Journalism Network

    “A decade ago, there were international programs for exiled media, ...there has been nothing since, and there is no association of exiled media.”

    Published On: 05/09/2022

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    Steve Paulson

    Nautilus

    If you want to destroy the ability to have a meaningful public conversation, you discover the fears and hatreds of people and magnify them.

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