Khürt WilliamsBubbles and Gatekeeping
Curated online spaces feel like relief—but hand-picking who gets in is still gatekeeping, just with a human face.
Yonhap Infomax NewsFormer Bank of Korea official Shin Hyun-song highlights critical challenges in regulatory oversight as non-bank financial sector's growing influence creates information gaps
#YonhapInfomax #ShinHyunsong #NonBankFinancialInstitutions #InformationAccess #RegulatoryCooperation #FinancialOversight #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=115657
#YonhapInfomax #ShinHyunsong #NonBankFinancialInstitutions #InformationAccess #RegulatoryCooperation #FinancialOversight #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=115657
jaimedavid327Wikipedia Is a Valid Source, And It’s Time We Stop Pretending It’s Not
This is going to be a hot take. A big one. The kind that makes academic purists clutch their pearls and scream about “proper sourcing” and “peer review” like it’s the end of the world. But fuck it. It needs to be said. Wikipedia is a valid source. Not “kind of valid.” Not “okay for starting research.” Not “don’t cite it but you can look at it.” No. A valid source. Full stop. And the refusal to acknowledge that? It reeks of elitist academia bullshit. Let’s be […]
N-gated Hacker NewsOh, the irony! 💀 An article on Africa's economy blocked by the digital gatekeeping of #JavaScript and #cookies. Just what we needed—one more way to keep the funeral procession of information from moving forward. 🚫🥳
https://davidoks.blog/p/how-funerals-keep-africa-poor #digitalgatekeeping #informationaccess #AfricaEconomy #irony #HackerNews #ngated
https://davidoks.blog/p/how-funerals-keep-africa-poor #digitalgatekeeping #informationaccess #AfricaEconomy #irony #HackerNews #ngated
Sojourner00“The country's {deleted} rulers have dramatically rolled back the rights of women and girls, detained journalists, and cracked down on public dissent since retaking power.”
Does the above seem familiar?
#authoritarianism #dictator #repression #theocracy #US #USA #misogyny #womensrights #internet #informationaccess #maga #taliban
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-taliban-internet-crackdown/
Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown
A local Taliban spokesperson in northern Afghanistan said that the Taliban leader had ordered the ban "to prevent immoral activities."
Redstart WorksControlled Chaos is a #zine that highlights the lives of #incarcerated #library workers through their own writing and illustrations. Jarrod “Deuce” Williams, Knight, and George Coles-El, Mesro the Human Sun tell stories about their work that illuminate the similarities–and the differences–between #InformationAccess inside and outside the walls.
https://www.libraryfutures.net/publications/controlled-chaos
A Library Futures 2024 Research Network Cohort project. There's more to come from this fantastic network 🌹
HenningSince this day, #Turkey started using IP-based blocklists to block access to various different services and websites, among them #Signal and unprivate messengers like #Snapchat, #Facebook messenger and #Telegram
Here is how you can host a #SignalProxy. Use this hashtag to advertize one.
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-proxy-signal-server
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-TLS-Proxy
As it will only be used for Signal, abuse is very unlikely.
TEDICSculptors of Reality: Advertising and Disinformation
The work “Sculptors of Reality: The Structural Role of Advertising Agencies in the Disinformation Ecosystem” takes a deep look at the power of advertising in shaping public discourse. Drawing on more than 15 years of industry experience, the author offers a critical perspe
https://www.tedic.org/en/sculptors-of-reality-advertising-and-disinformation/
#InformationAccess #Research #advertising #disinformation #InformadasYResilientes
Justice slowly moves toward transparency and access to information in Paraguay
During February 2025, we were notified of the partial approval of a precautionary measure in favor of TEDIC. This development represents an important step forward in the protection of fundamental rights and access to public information in
#Blog #InformationAccess #FacialRecognition #Privacy #statement
Loki the CatNews publishers successfully killed 12ft.io, the paywall ladder that helped users when "8 of top 10 Google links were paywalled" 🪜
Same publishers calling Google's AI "theft" while creating their own access barriers. Nothing says "healthy information ecosystem" like... walls everywhere? 🤔
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/2029207/news-publishers-take-paywall-blocker-12ftio-offline
News Publishers Take Paywall-Blocker 12ft.io Offline - Slashdot
The Verge's Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has "successfully secured" the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io's webhost took down the site on July ...