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_ Gearing up to de-monopolize Google _
, Drew Sheneman/The Star-Ledger
* First Week of Google Antitrust Trial
* Stephen Fry Sounds the Alarm
* Did NBC Normalize Trump?
* Ransomware Attacks Education
* Mainstream is Mum on Stop Cop City RICO Indictment
* Corporations Choosing What You Get to Stream
* Senate Confirms Biden's FCC Pick
* Worse Than Fox News
* Who Foisted Robotaxis on San Francisco?
* Regulating AI
FIRST WEEK OF GOOGLE ANTITRUST TRIAL
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By Adi Robertson
The Verge
In one of the largest antitrust trials in recent memory, the
government argues that Google owes its dominance not simply to a good
design but to a series of coercive deals that have let the search
engine market stagnate — while Google complains it’s being
punished for success.
STEPHEN FRY SOUNDS THE ALARM
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By Chloe Taylor
Fortune
Actor Stephen Fry says his voice was stolen from the Harry Potter
audiobooks and replicated by AI—and warns this is just the
beginning.
DID NBC NORMALIZE TRUMP?
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By Oliver O’Connell
The Independent
There had been significant backlash and calls for a boycott of the
Meet the Press episode after clips were released earlier this week
that appeared to show little pushback to the former president’s lies
about a number of topics ranging from January 6 to abortion.
RANSOMWARE ATTACKS EDUCATION
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By Arielle Waldman
TechTarget
Ransomware rocked the education sector and caused delays at some
institutions as the school year kicked off last month. Despite data
indicating that the majority of schools don’t give in to ransom
demands, attacks have typically increased as classes resume in August
and September.
MAINSTREAM IS MUM ON STOP COP CITY RICO INDICTMENT
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By Adam Johnson
The Column
The extraordinary RICO indictment of over 60 protestors opposing the
creation of a “police training” facility in Atlanta has been met
with conspicuous silence by several major media outlets, namely MSNBC,
CNN, CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News.
CORPORATIONS CHOOSING WHAT YOU GET TO STREAM
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By Richard Brody
The New Yorker
There is an implicit permanence to owning a disk. With streaming,
availability is out of one’s control and movie-watching becomes an
activity conducted under the aegis of a big brother, however
well-meaning.
SENATE CONFIRMS BIDEN FCC PICK
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By Julia Conley
Common Dreams
The U.S. Senate confirmed State Department policy adviser Anna Gomez
to join the Federal Communications Commission. Progressives expressed
hope that the end of the deadlock will allow the FCC to end “digital
redlining” by internet service providers that provide low-income
communities with slower service for the same rates as wealthier
customers.
WORSE THAN FOX NEWS
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By Maud Newton
Slate
The viewer-supported Christian nationalist Victory Channel is owned
and run by the church of self-proclaimed prophet Kenneth Copeland. The
network is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) religious organization. A
donation link leads to a description of the site as a streaming
network “that reaches millions of people with the uncompromised Word
of God 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
WHO FOISTED ROBOTAXIS ON SAN FRANCISCO?
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By Freddie Brewster
Jacobin
Driverless taxi companies Waymo and Cruise have long track records of
crashes, near misses, and interfering with emergency personnel. But
after spending nearly $2 million on lobbying in California, the
robotaxis have been given free rein in San Francisco.
REGULATING AI
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By Emmanuelle Andrews
Red Pepper
The industry is resisting statutory regulation while simultaneously
advocating for their own, industry-created and managed checks and
balances as proof that they are taking these issues seriously. For
examples of this practice, just take a look at the plethora of
‘ethical codes of conduct’ springing up, steered by the
potentially dangerous assumption that industry can voluntarily
regulate itself.
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* Stephen Fry
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* Donald Trump
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* Meet the Press
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* Education
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* mainstream media
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* Stop Cop City
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* FCC
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* Anna Gomez
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* Victory Channel
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* San Francisco
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