Social Media’s Erasure of Palestinians is a Grim Warning for Our Future

November 1, 2020

There is a growing unease that the decisions taken by social media corporations can have a harmful impact on our lives. These platforms, despite enjoying an effective monopoly over the virtual public …

People Need to Reclaim the Internet

October 25, 2020

Opinion

No matter how much you dislike Trump, only a fool can fail to see the implications for public access to information of the massive suppression on the internet of the Hunter Biden leaks. This blog has …

Internet Resources Become Weaponized – High Tech Oligarchs Threaten Democracy

October 22, 2020

Opinion

The current electoral campaign differs from that of 2016 in that the media, both conventional and online, has realized its power and has been openly playing a major role in what might well prove to be…

Why is the World Going to Hell?

October 7, 2020

Opinion

If you’re wondering what the hell is going on right now – the “Why is the world turning to shit?” thought – you may find Netflix’s new documentary The Social Dilemma a good starting point for clarifyi…

Is Social Media like a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

September 28, 2020

Opinion

A few days ago John Hyten, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared that a cyber attack that has “a significant impact” on the United States or “significantly affects the world” can be…

The End of Reality?

September 20, 2020

Opinion

In 1888, the year before he went insane, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the following in Twilight of the Idols: We have got rid of the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps…

Managing the Narrative – Corporations and Government Use Internet to Control Information

August 21, 2020

Opinion

Some Americans continue to believe that when they go to the internet they will get a free flow of useful information that will guide them in making decisions or coming to conclusions about the state o…

Colonialism 2.0: US Assault on Tiktok Is Latest Step in Building Monopoly of Internet-Connected World

August 9, 2020

Opinion

The Trump administration’s bid to seize Chinese platform TikTok and hand it over to already-monopolistic Microsoft is part of a huge power grab, as the deteriorating quality of US propaganda puts its …