Discussion: Online Piracy, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

Gizmodo - Bitcoin Wasn't as Decentralized or Anonymous as Crypto Bros Told You

 

NBC News - Facebook's 2018 algorithm change boosted local GOP groups, research finds

 

Gizmodo - Don't Know What Web3 Is? Jack Dorsey's Already on Web5

People are wising up to the ponzi scheme for the wealthy unscrupulous that is web3 and so they're all gonna just change the numbers and re-pump up the grifts hoping to re-fool as many as possible.

Web3 Is Going Just Great

 

Gizmodo - Crypto Platforms Are Halting Withdrawals as Bitcoin Tanks Over 13%



"Self-sovereign" like those Libertarian "sovereign citizens" bull crap movement.

SPLC - Sovereign Citizens Movement
Sovereign citizens believe they are not under the jurisdiction of the federal government and consider themselves exempt from U.S. law. They use a variety of conspiracy theories and falsehoods to justify their beliefs and their activities, some of which are illegal and violent.

 

Caisse de dépôt-backed Celsius freezes withdrawals as crypto lender struggles | Montreal Gazette

El Salvador loses half its investment in Bitcoin as crypto plunges
President Bukele has gambled away taxpayer money.

The Bitcoin Crash Is Taking El Salvador's Big Bet With It

 

Gizmodo - TikTok Leak Alleges User Data Isn't Private: ‘Everything Is Seen in China’

 

No surprise there. That is one of the few things the Orange One had right, China sifts through everything it can, no matter how mundane it might appear to be.

 

It's like Kaspersky antivirus is owned and operated by 'former' Russian KGB men. But the thing about the KGB is that there is no such thing as a 'former' KGB or FSB officer. Once you're in, you're in for life.

 

Lies and quack pseudo-science make Facebook the money just the same. The Dr. Oz business model.

Meta Allowed Misleading Ads for Bogus Cancer Treatments on Facebook

 

I think you give Oz too much credit for the old Goop routine.

 

The Verge - Twitter says it’s going to sue Elon Musk for trying to back out of the deal
Musk signed a binding merger agreement but now wants out

 

Sure, now he wants to pull out of something.

 

Gizmodo - Amazon Fights Antitrust in the U.S. While Conceding to it in Europe

 

Of course they did.

 

Facial Recognition is already out of the bottle, it's time Congress did some regulating of it now.

 

Gizmodo - Facebook Has a Week to Fix Pro-Genocide Ad Problem in Kenya

The Guardian - Facebook considering ending restrictions on Covid misinformation

The Verge - Facebook reports drop in revenue for the first time