While France's Minitel was overtaken (and sidelined) by the arrival of the internet, and is now really written out of stories about the information society, is it worth revisiting the French experience to re-think the domination of US Big Tech.

Alexander Hurst argues that it is, and while not a silver bullet, Europe •does* need to re-establish its 'information sovereignty' so this needs to be the direction of travel.

#InformationSociety #internet #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/france-minitel-1980s-europe-silicon-valley-shackles

The ills of the Information Revolution.

Yet another danger here, as if the others aren't too many already, is that the personal information so collected may fall into the hands of criminals.
Er, better replace "may" with "will".

It's not as if we didn't know, but the more awareness, the better.
Oh, and it's not just TikTok.
Of course...

BBC article:
TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it
<https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260210-tiktok-is-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-use-the-app-heres-how-to-stop-it>

#InformationRevolution
#InformationSociety

Information Society - What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijAYN9zVnwg

#InformationSociety #WhatsOnYourMind #PureEnergy #Music #LeonardNimoy #StarTrek