Tyranny of apps. Those without smartphones unfairly penalized
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43137488

Not a fan of The Guardian, nevertheless imp. issue

From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps

#smartphones #SmartphoneApps #apps #privacy #InternetRights #privacy #surveillance #DataBrokering

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/xs-last-minute-update-kids-online-safety-act-still-fails-protect-kids-or-adults

Late last week, the Senate released yet another version of the Kids Online Safety Act, written, reportedly, with the assistance of X CEO Linda Yaccarino in a flawed attempt to address the critical free speech issues inherent in the bill. This last minute draft remains, at its core, an unconstitutional censorship bill that threatens the online speech and privacy rights of all internet users.

#EFF #Privacy #DigitalRights #CivilRights #KOSA #Internetrights

What is the level of respect of internet rights and freedoms in Africa?

Organisations and independent experts from six Sub-Saharan African countries launch an African Index of Internet Rights and Freedoms.

https://apc.org/en/pubs/assessing-level-respect-internet-rights-and-freedoms-africa-burundi-cameroon-congo-ivory-coast

#InternetRights #Africa

#CoryDoctorow publishes another #Book.
#DrmFree
#InternetRights #anarchy #freedom
All the good stuff

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation?ref=ksr_email_user_new_project_from_creator_youve_backed

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Faces $3 Billion Lawsuit Representing the Internet #OpenAISued

Hashtags: #chatGPT #OpenAISued #InternetRights Summery: OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, is facing a $3 billion class action lawsuit filed by sixteen anonymous plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI scraped 300 billion words from the internet without consent or registering as a data broker. It claims that the company engaged in theft by collecting personal information, including…

https://webappia.com/openais-chatgpt-faces-3-billion-lawsuit-representing-the-internet-openaisued/

"The Netheads were right: technological self-determination is at odds with the natural imperatives of tech businesses. They make more money when they take away our freedom – our freedom to speak, to leave, to connect."

#InternetFreedom #InternetRights #enshittification

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys