N-gated Hacker NewsOct 20
🌐🔌 Oh no, the digital overlords are offline! Experts just realized the internet is controlled by a few tech gods—shocking revelation! 🙄 Let’s all pretend we didn’t see this coming. 🥴
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/20/amazon-web-services-aws-outage-hits-dozens-websites-apps #digitaloverlords #techgods #internetrevelation #onlinecontrol #technews #HackerNews #ngated
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’

The Guardian
Open MICOct 22, 2024

Social media companies are now openly controlling what we see, hear and learn online. Our choices are taking a back seat to their algorithms.
Essay by Julia Angwin in the NYT explains why that could be good news.

"If tech platforms are actively shaping our experiences, after all, maybe they should be held liable for creating experiences that damage our bodies, our children, our communities and our democracy."

#SocialMedia #TechRegulation #Algorithms #OnlineControl

https://loom.ly/qcBEs74

Opinion | The TikTokification of Social Media May Finally Be Its Undoing

A case involving TikTok may have opened the door to holding platforms liable for the damage they cause.

The New York Times