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A good time to remind you that free is a lie.
#free #SiliconValley #Google #AI #BigTech #bullshit #USA #fascism mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1…
Talks
I’ve given hundreds of talks over the last two decades and beyond. Here are a few of my favourites in chronological order so you can see how my focus and thoughts have evolved through the years. I hope you enjoy them. PS.Aral Balkan
Folks in five years: Oh, Bluesky enshittified, who could have seen it coming?
OK, OK, calm down, I’m just kidding.
It won’t take five years.
Carole Cadwalladr speaks truth to power.
Every one of my friends and colleagues in Silicon Valley should spend the 18 minutes to watch this incredible talk, and then have a good long think. Ask yourself: what is YOUR part in this story?
#morality #kakistocracy #coup #tyranny #oligarchy #SiliconValley #broligarchy
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Ireland: we love Big Tech, they create jobs
Big Tech:
rte.ie/news/business/2025/0411…
#Ireland #BigTech #SiliconValley #ebay #USA
I’m gonna say it louder for the folks in the back: Mozilla is not what you think it is. Mozilla is not what they say they are. Mozilla is just another for-profit Silicon Valley tech company that has a not-for-profit doing its PR.
#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit eupolicy.social/@ilumium/11430…
Jan Penfrat (@ilumium@eupolicy.social)
Wow so the #Mozilla engineer disagrees and claims "#GDPR has done a great deal of harm" (I didn't understand his argument why) but now diverted to saying the #browser should be the platform collect all the personal data and then provide it in aggrega…EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubble
Stop legitimising Mozilla.
They’re sucking all the oxygen out of the room.
“We’re just another Silicon Valley tech company.” – their then head of public policy to me
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou
(Or in this case the second, third, fourth… what are we on? I’ve lost count.)
#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit eupolicy.social/@ilumium/11430…
Jan Penfrat (@ilumium@eupolicy.social)
At a #Mozilla event in #Brussels this morning about "#privacy-first online #advertising". I am _very_ curious where this weirdest of things Mozilla does is going. 🤔 Speakers: Petra Wikström, policy person at #Schibsted, @rvaneijk@mastodon.EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubble
Later this month, #TechWontSaveUs turns five years old. It’s hard to believe I’ve been making the show for this long!
Over that time I’ve interviewed hundreds of guests to spread critical perspectives on tech far and wide — and I know it’s had an impact.
Tech companies are telling #immigrant #employees on #visas not to leave the U.S.
Source: washingtonpost.com/technology/…
#Trump #politics #travel #Democracy #freedom #border #visa #Problem #job #siliconvalley #technology #economy #fail #news #usa #government #WhiteHouse