RoboCoonie WölverDec 11, 2024
Check out my latest video on TikTok: #adjuster #jpay #luigismansion
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Show threadCory DoctorowAug 3, 2023

#5yrsago Googlers revolt against Google’s secret plan to offer censored search tools in China https://theintercept.com/2018/08/03/google-search-engine-china-censorship-backlash/

#5yrsago How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/nyregion/marijuana-police-nyc.html

#5yrsago How #Jpay gouges prisoners’ families for “digital postage stamps” https://www.wired.com/story/jpay-securus-prison-email-charging-millions/

#5yrsago Listen: #ZZTop’s “Legs” and #U2’s “Streets Have No Name” are the same song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYQ7cMJhkQ

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Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over China Censorship Plans

After The Intercept revealed Google's censored search engine for China, employees are “upset and scared” as executives restrict information, sources said.

The Intercept
Show threadCory DoctorowMay 8, 2023

This was a bonanza for prison profiteers. Companies like #Jpay (now a division of Securus) cranked up the price of prisoners' calls. At the same time, dark-money lobbying campaigns urged prisons to get rid of their in-person visitation programs in the name of "safety":

https://www.mic.com/articles/142779/the-end-of-prison-visitation

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The End of Prison Visitation

A new system called "video visitation" is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It's inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence — but god, it makes money. Losing connection The only way…

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Tracy RosenbergFeb 3, 2023
"In short: “Happy Black History Month” from the parasites that get rich off the backs of Black people". #Securus #JPay #PhoneJustice https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmvmx/happy-black-history-month-from-companies-that-make-prison-even-lonelier-securus-jpay
Happy Black History Month From Companies That Make Prison Even Lonelier

JPay and Securus are notorious for exploiting incarcerated people and anyone who wants to talk to them. Now they’re giving something back!

VICE NewsFeb 3, 2022
Happy Black History Month From Companies That Make Prison Even Lonelier https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgmvmx/happy-black-history-month-from-companies-that-make-prison-even-lonelier-securus-jpay #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #prisoncommunicationssystems #SecurusTechnologies #MassIncarceration #rights #JPay
Happy Black History Month From Companies That Make Prison Even Lonelier

JPay and Securus are notorious for exploiting incarcerated people and anyone who wants to talk to them. Now they’re giving something back!

Boing BoingAug 9, 2018
Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners https://boingboing.net/2018/08/09/jpay-evil-part-mmxi.html #adversarialinteroperability #latestagecapitalism #carceralcapitalism #carceralstate #Copyfight #classwar #florida #Ripoffs #securus #Post #jpay #race #drm
Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners

Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners

Boing Boing
Boing BoingAug 3, 2018
How Jpay gouges prisoners' families for "digital postage stamps" https://boingboing.net/2018/08/03/mothers-day-gouging.html #latestagecapitalism #captiveaudience #guillotinewatch #carceralstate #moatsandwalls #Post #jpay
How Jpay gouges prisoners' families for "digital postage stamps"

How Jpay gouges prisoners' families for "digital postage stamps"

Boing Boing
Gregori FabreJul 27, 2018
#idaho : 225 000 $ de crédits numériques piratés par des détenus #digital https://siecledigital.fr/2018/07/27/idaho-225-000-de-credits-numeriques-pirates-par-des-detenus/ #jpay
Idaho : 225 000 $ de crédits numériques piratés par des détenus

La vulnérabilité du système Jpay a été exploitée et l'entreprise s'est vue dérober 225 000 dollars par des détenus.

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