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* Is Amazon a Nation-State?
* Another Network is Possible
* Why Conservative Pundits Are Always in Demand
* Spider-Man: Intellectual Property or Public Domain?
* Epstein and Techno-Elite Culture
* Remembering Cyber Activist Gene Crick
* Tech Leaders Decry Online White Supremacism

 

Is Amazon a Nation-State?
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By Edward Ongweso Jr
August 29, 2019
Vice

Amazon is levying taxes on French businesses after France approved a
tax on the tech giant.

Another Network is Possible
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By April Glaser
August 3, 2019
Logic

Indymedia defined an early era of networked protest — and showed
us another way the web could work.

Why Conservative Pundits Are Always in Demand
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By David Atkins
August 31, 2019
Washington Monthly

Media giants hire never-Trump conservatives like Bret Stephens who
don’t actually represent very many people, but who won’t
implicitly encourage violence against women and minorities.

Spider-Man: Intellectual Property or Public Domain?
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By Peter Robson
September 2, 2019
Green Left Weekly

Iconic characters in popular culture such as Sherlock Holmes, Dracula
and Frankenstein's monster are in the public domain, allowing anyone
to use them to create new stories. Spider-Man should be too.

 

Epstein and Techno-Elite Culture
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By Evgeny Morozov
September 7, 2019
The Guardian

The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual
activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband
Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money.

 

Remembering Cyber Activist Gene Crick
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By Karen Gullo
September 4, 2019
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Gene was a tireless advocate for digital rights for everyone in the
state of Texas. He worked to bring free Internet access to
communities, especially rural and underserved areas, and advocated for
broadband access for rural communities.

Tech Leaders Decry Online White Supremacism
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By Megan Rose Dickey
August 13, 2019
TechCrunch

Build Tech We Trust refers to itself as a collective of tech CEOs,
activists, changemakers and workers who are committed to countering
hate and terrorism.

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