Joseph Lim 2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116238093667826296

It has been too long overdue to #BreakupBigTech - no country allows dangerously addictive narcotics to #selfregulate (correct?) - so, if you can't effectively regulate them, break them up.👇
#bananarepublic

Max L.Feb 1

Das habe ich zwar nicht nur aus digitalen Unabhängigkeitsgründen und auch nicht direkt heute getan, aber ich finde es trotzdem passend:
Ich bin jetzt von Tibber weg gewechselt (hin zu @GreenPlanet_nrg).

Warum passt das zum DI Day? Weil Tibber alle Daten des aktiven Stromverbrauch an Amazon-Server sendet...

#didit #dudit #diday #tibber #amazon #breakupbigtech

Max BankDec 24
I stand with #hateaid. #breakupbigtech #DMA #DSA @hateaid
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/usa-verhaengen-sanktionen-gegen-deutsche-aktivistinnen-vorwurf-der-zensur-102.html
"HateAid" - USA verhängen Sanktionen gegen deutsche Aktivistinnen - Vorwurf der Zensur

Die US-Regierung hat zwei deutsche Aktivistinnen gegen Online-Hassrede mit Einreiseverboten belegt.

Die Nachrichten
Show threadJoseph Lim Oct 22
"According to #AWS, almost 16 hours🤦‍♂️ passed fr te time first lapses of multiple services in US-East-1 region were reported, to when all te services returned to normal operations.. make major players such as dcloudservice providers & #datacentre operators #accountable to higher #security & #resilience #standards. Tis latest AWS #outage highlighted te #internet’s #dependence on te op'ns of a single co, & te need to fortify systems against such #disruptions"🧐 #BreakupBigTech
https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/cause-of-amazons-prolonged-cloud-outage-unknown-experts-compare-impact-to-coordinated-cyber-attack
Cause of Amazon’s prolonged cloud outage unknown, experts compare impact to coordinated cyber attack

The service disruption affected thousands of online users in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Joseph Lim Oct 21
Amazon cloud #outage takes down many #online services around te #world
"all-day disruption served as latest reminder tt 21st century #society is increasingly dependent on just a handful of cos for much of its #internet tech.. Tis isn't te 1st time issues w #Amazon #cloudservices.. #AWS’ longest outage in recent history occurred in late 2021.. also in 2020 & 2017.. much of te world now relies on 3 or 4 cos to provide te underlying #infrastructure of te WWW" #BreakupBigTech
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-east-internet-services-outage-654a12ac9aff0bf4b9dc0e22499d92d7
Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services

A problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world. The outage on Monday took down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms. About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to recover from the problem, although problems lingered for some users. AWS provides behind-the-scenes cloud computing infrastructure to some of the world’s biggest organizations. Its customers include government departments, universities and businesses. Amazon pinned the outage on issues related to its domain name system.

AP News
The Media and Democracy ProjectOct 4
The fight for American democracy must include building new pro-democracy information infrastructure, intentional support for journalism and also to #BreakUpBigTech and #BreakUpBigMedia h/t @anneapplebaum.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/anne...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/post/3m2doznjclk2t
Joseph Lim Oct 2
#Microsoft Is Abandoning #Windows10. #Hackers Are Celebrating
"Tis mth, MS will ruin hundreds of millions of computers in #US & create more than one billion pounds of #electronic #waste, for no reason other than #profit.. ending support on PCs for #Win10, te 2nd-most popular version of te OS worldwide.. when MS ended support for #Windows8 in Jan2016, less than 4% of users were still running it. But ~42% of #Windows #computers worldwide r still using Win10" #breakupbigtech
https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-02-microsoft-abandoning-windows-10-hackers-celebrating/
Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.

The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.

The American Prospect
Show threadMax LeeSep 23

@arstechnica
Gotta love how Google is now taking part in killing people on all fronts.

#fckggl #breakupbigtech

PeopleVsBigTechSep 22

👀 Is that EU competition chief Teresa Ribera breaking up Google with a hammer??

Today we're sending a loud message to @EUCommission to dismantle Google's toxic advertising monopoly! #BreakUpBigTech. Great work @edri @lobbycontrol @rebalance_now

Jan PenfratSep 5, 2025

With a couple of days of delay, the @EUCommission just hit #Google with a €2.95B fine for abusing its dominant position on the online ads market. 👏

After some bad press according to which the Commission had delayed the fines to appease Trump, this is a welcome development. Google now has 60 days to propose remedies. (I had hoped the Commission would order a breakup directly but hey....)

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-google-with-2-95b-fine-for-adtech-abuse/

#adtech #competition #antitrust #alphabet #breakupbigtech #bigtech

EU slaps Google with €2.95B fine for adtech abuse

Brussels hammers U.S. search giant after internal Commission feud.

POLITICO