Media Bits and Bytes - September 10, 2019
- Google Facing Antitrust Investigation
- 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
Google Facing Antitrust Investigation
September 10, 2019
CBS News
Fifty state attorneys general, led by Texas, have announced an investigation into Google's "potential monopolistic behavior." Nine of 10 online searches are conducted through Google, and the company has been criticized for prioritizing its subsidiaries in search results.
By Edward Ongweso Jr
August 29, 2019
Vice
Amazon is levying taxes on French businesses after France approved a tax on the tech giant.
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
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?
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
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
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
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.