In case it wasn’t clear enough already, Big Tech isn’t even bothering to pretend any more: it has never been about “hate speech”, only censorship. What I’m talking about is the ever-tightening noose of “Community Standards”. Far from “protecting” anyone from “hate speech”, the rules are
As recently reported by The BFD, Facebook has temporarily lifted its ban on posting praise of the “Azov Battalion”. Just who are the Azov Battalion, and why were they blacklisted by Facebook, under its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy? Long story short: they’re a neo-Nazi militia founded by
Not long ago, I posed the question: could you live without The Machine? A reference to E. M. Forster’s story of the same, the “Machine” is the modern, interconnected world, with the internet reaching into every aspect of our lives. Well, the gods not being without a certain sense
Presumably, Julius was spurring his legions on to victory in Britain so the inspirational quote is probably not quite what those shipping a boatload of EVs had in mind. Losses on this trip include: * 1 x car carrier Felicity Ace * 4000 Volkswagens, 1000 of which were EVs * 189 Bentleys * 1100
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com My advice to anyone considering a change of telco: look before you leap. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. So the cliché goes – and like most clichés, it has a core of truth. A couple of weeks ago,
Dr James McDowall ACT Immigration spokesperson After two years of putting would be immigrants, their families, foreign workers, employers, and basically anyone involved in crossing the New Zealand border through the wringer, Immigration New Zealand has managed to score another own goal. “Previously, Immigration New Zealand took too long to
As millions of social media users suddenly pretend to care so very deeply about a place they couldn’t find on a map, let alone have the first clue about its history or politics, it’s somewhat amusing to see mainstream media pundits also suddenly pretend to venerate manly virtues
In a move straight out of a dystopian fiction like V for Vendetta, hackers targeted crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo and published the personal details of every single person who had donated to the Ottawa truckers protest. With scarcely-concealed glee, the Canadian government-funded media set about publicly outing them. The
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Thomas Crow particle.scitech.org.au Thomas Crow is an Australian science writer. He has a background in professional writing, biochemistry and genetics. He writes for Australian and New Zealand research institutes and publications like Crikey. He’s a horror and gothic fantasy fan. He thinks of himself as a
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) Information Opinion Unless rampant genetic experimentation is regulated, the whole population of the world will continue on a risky journey towards an unknown
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Some time ago, I was browsing through an antique shop when, to my delight, I chanced upon an old bakelite radio. This is almost exactly the same as the one my family used to have! I told the proprietor. “What colour was it?” she asked. When I told her it
Lennon Chang lens.monash.edu Lennon researches crime and governance of cyberspace – cyber crime, cyber terrorism and cyber warfare, particularly in the greater China region. He’s currently researching internet vigilantism as well as cybercrime and cyber-deviance among juveniles in the Asia-Pacific region. 5G is the newest set
Asress Adimi Gikay Brunel University London Dr. Asress Adimi Gikay is a Lecturer in AI, Disruptive Innovation, and Law at Brunel University London since September 2019, with his research focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy. The owners of Google and Facebook were both heavily fined for using cookies illegally
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