If we let algorithms moderate our online interactions and behavior, how long until we cede actual governance to machine learning?

Claiming deepfake will be the new “I was hacked” of the 2020 election. Real vids will be questioned, fake vids will be believed, depending on your bias.

Wow Cloudflare Pulling the plug on a platform? Should Xbox shelve Call of Duty because extremists organize there? 8chan is not lawless.

3 letter agencies were granted access to NSA intel by Obama. It was one of his last actions in office. Now the FBI legally and routinely spies on American citizens private communications. theintercept.com/2019/10/10/fbi…

Instagram just removed this comic for not following community guidelines. Starting to not like Instagram 😐

Love this term: FAANG. Tech titans Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. Must annoy them that they have to pay for actual lobbyists, instead of just targeting DC through the information channels they control. marketwatch.com/story/facebook…

Google will inevitably say that tracking your every move, while scary, can help map pandemics. Maybe even predict their spread. It’s an opportunity for them to justify 24/7 surveillance. Will you buy the hype?

Robots don’t get #coronavirus or pee or sleep. Bet Amazon’s Bezos is jockeying for some sweet federal aid to replace warehouse workers when #COVID20 hits

Are you cool with drones policing the skies? It’s being normalized. sea.ign.com/news/158912/po…

You know what artificial intelligence content moderation is good for? Letting Facebook, Google and friends wipe their hands of responsibility for bias.

A note from the future: While you were in #Quarantine, Big Brother fought #COVID19 using facial recognition, drone policing, artificial intelligence profiling and unprecedented data collection. When the virus passed, these new threats remained.

Not sure what got into me, but I just spent most of the weekend remastering my old documentary Monster Camp. Maybe I’ll make some Blu-rays if enough people show interest.

Let’s define covert surveillance: Use of stingray to ping protestor phones and build targeted lists. Contact tracing to determine networks of dissidents. Analysis of comms, search, purchase and location history. Standard infiltration.

Social media remains the most effective surveillance tool. businessinsider.com/blueleaks-how-…

Cloudflare provides DDOS protection for much of the internet. Whatever just brought them down reveals a huge failure in the current system.

Back in 2012, when I asked Mark Zuckerberg if he cared about privacy, there was an easy answer...

If you thought the filter bubble of the Internet was bad, just wait until the filter bubble of life. Allowing ai into employment or policing will inevitably create a nightmarish feedback loop. There is no ethical application. cdt.org/insights/cdt-p…

Do it Donald J. Trump

Google tricks you into thinking Google doesn’t trick you businessinsider.com/google-enginee…

If you are into Bitcoin, check out this documentary on HBO Max! It was super interesting as it looks into the origins of Bitcoin and what Bitcoin is about Lots of cool insights from some of the original people and users of Bitcoin!