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The-14 Media @[email protected] · 2026-03-30 · 15:36 UTC

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug
#SocialMedia #TechAccountability #BigTech #Meta #Media #YouTube #DigitalAddiction #MentalHealth #YouthProtection #Algorithm #TechEthics #DataEconomy #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights
https://the-14.com/landmark-lawsuit-finds-that-social-media-addiction-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/

#socialmedia #techaccountability #bigtech #meta #media #youtube

BellingenNSW @[email protected] · 2026-02-21 · 02:01 UTC

Our information landscape and opaque black box systems

The AI Con, debunking myths of the AI revolution, a review

“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”
"But that is precisely why some in power want to hand decision‑making capacity to computers: it promises a sunlit utopia of profit without blame. Once AI is mainlined into our veins, we may be too doped up to care."
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna by Bodley Head
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/19/the-ai-con-by-emily-m-bender-and-alex-hanna-review-debunking-myths-of-the-ai-revolution
#AI #LLMs #KMS #DigitalHumanities #OpaqueBlackBox #SyntheticTextExtruding #machines #PoliticalSubjects #accountability #transparancy #language #extractivism #DataEconomy #technopolitics

#language #ai #llms #kms #digitalhumanities #opaqueblackbox

Harald Klinke @[email protected] · 2025-09-03 · 06:02 UTC

This diagram, taken directly from the U.S. v. Google judgment, illustrates a fundamental dynamic of digital market power:

Data Aggregation → Market Dominance

This self-reinforcing loop is the core issue with Big Tech platforms: scale isn’t just an advantage — it becomes a moat. And without regulatory intervention, it shuts the door on competition.

#Google #Antitrust #PlatformPower #DataAggregation #BigTech #DigitalMonopoly #DataEconomy #NetworkEffects #Regulation