I used to wonder how IBM could possibly consent to create a system to help Hitler organize his concentration camps.
Then I look around at all the tech companies aligning with fascism today.
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I used to wonder how IBM could possibly consent to create a system to help Hitler organize his concentration camps.
Then I look around at all the tech companies aligning with fascism today.
>Two plus two equals four. Russia invaded Ukraine. Mass graves don’t tweet.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/profiles-in-cowardice-the-nobody-saw-this-coming-brigade/
WTF Mozilla? I'm hoping they just forgot to delete this verbiage from their terms of service, which suggests they are still working with the personal data removal service OneRep.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/subscription-services/
Last year, Mozilla said it was dropping its partnership with OneRep after a story I published showed its founder had created dozens of people-search services and was even running one of the larger ones whilst selling services to help people remove their information from these sites.
You are most welcome from the many many people that make the Internet Archive and its services go. (we appreciate the "thank you"'s -- it makes it all worthwhile)
Quiet part out loud...
https://bsky.app/profile/emilylhauser.bsky.social/post/3lhehblavpc2v
We had a great time talking with Cory Doctorow
Watch or listen to the full episode wherever your podcast is.
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