The Star Trek science fiction universe is a particular favourite of internet socialists. Partly that’s because of its ever-woker story-lines (Star Trek: Discovery, I’m looking at you), but mostly because of its “no money and all our stuff for free” utopia. But, tellingly, to realise such a utopia,
Under Jacinda Ardern’s prime ministership, New Zealand is being steadily estranged from its traditional allies as it cosies closer and closer to a genocidal dictatorship. From Ardern’s incessant public attacks on New Zealand’s closest neighbour and ally to her edging nearer to formally signing on to Xi
In the early 20th century, Anaconda Copper was one of the biggest companies in the world. In the early 2000s, MySpace was the most visited website in the US and the largest social networking site in Europe. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might do well to ponder the fates of both.
Peter Martin Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University Peter Martin is Business and Economy Editor of The Conversation and a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU. A former Commonwealth Treasury official, he has worked as Economics Correspondent for the ABC, as Economics
As the war between the Australian government and Facebook drags on, signs are growing that the Big Tech titan has badly miscalculated. Aside from the horror publicity for Facebook, the Australian government immediately retaliated by pulling all government advertising on the platform. Now private companies are following the government’s
Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and
Carolina Are City, University of London Italian visiting lecturer with a PhD in online abuse and conspiracy theories. Cyber-criminologist, ex PR Account Director, blogger, activist, freelance writer, entertainment geek and pole dance instructor. Facebook’s recent decision to block its Australian users from sharing or viewing news content has provoked
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Facebook unfriended all of Australia last week. Locked in a battle with the Federal government over legislation which would force it to pay for links to news publications, it wiped Australian news sources from viewer’s feeds. So when you checked your Facebook feed on February
Alexander Hall newsbusters.org YouTube has not stopped its censorious ways. Now the platform has torched a Newsmax interview with former President Donald Trump. “YouTube took down a newly recorded interview with former President Donald Trump in Google’s latest action against conservatives,” The Epoch Times reported Feb. 20. “A
Damn, just when I was enjoying it. Facebook has announced that it will restore Australian news pages within days. The social media giant has reached a deal with the Morrison government over Australia’s world-leading laws to regulate Big Tech. So who blinked? Well, both parties have given ground. This
Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com While pondering the current state of the world I stumbled upon the question or idea that one of the things that makes the internet so intriguing is the alluring idea that it holds the potential to elevate the user to a higher level of importance.
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Fan Yang Deakin University Robbie Fordyce Monash University Facebook’s “news ban” in response to Australia’s proposed media bargaining code, has been hard to miss if you’ve spent any time on social networks recently. The social media platform has effectively halted all posting of links from Australian news
Chris Sellars A mate of mine once remarked that ‘no good deed goes unpunished‘. There is only one thing worse than being right about such things. That is having a friend who is right about such things. In this particular case, the good deed never did eventuate. The good intention
